Firefighters have trouble finding victims in buildings when the smoke billows around them reducing their field of vision. A thermal imaging device helps them to find heat signatures of survivors even when they can not physically see them. However these machine are heavy and cumbersome, often leaving the firefighter with only one hand free to attempt the actual rescue.

Tyco is an American company which has come up with an innovative solution to this problem by developing the product they call “Scott Sight”. Essentially this is a firefighter’s mask with a built in thermal imaging scanner which relieves the firefighter from struggling to carry the previous bulky devices into burning buildings.

The thermal imaging camera is placed on the front of the mask and there is a small display inside which allows the firefighter to see what the camera picks up. The mask can be calibrated for different temperatures as per the need of the firefighter and the device will currently run for four hours on a single charge. More than enough time to find and rescue people in a regular fire. This is one science project that is bound to make lives easier for firefighters around the world.