Every year, thousands die in disasters not because help was too slow --- but because no one knew they needed it.

It's 2 AM in Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon rains have turned a river crossing into a torrent. Maria loses her footing. Her neighbors are asleep. The nearest health worker is 40 minutes away. The 911 line connects to a dispatcher 80 km out with no local map and no volunteers on call. Maria is gone in minutes. A statistic. Not a name.

PIPSurvivor changes that. Built on the ESP32 and RYLER998, it detects drowning via immersion sensors, falls via jerk detection on the IMU, and broadcasts an automatic SOS over ESP-NOW mesh to nearby community responders within seconds --- no cell towers, no internet, no government infrastructure required. Volunteers receive a GPS pin and incident type directly on their devices. The first responder is your neighbor, not a dispatcher 80 km away.

Built for communities the world forgot to plan for.

Built With

  • embedded
  • esp32
  • lora
  • radio
  • sensors
Share this project:

Updates