Researchers work to tame deadly selfies
Researchers are working on an app that could save people from being killed while taking dangerous selfies.
Carnegie Mellon University announced that researchers there are working with colleagues at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology in Delhi, India to take on the issue of deadly selfies.
People around the globe have been putting themselves in reckless situations - on railroad tracks, on cliff edges -- to grab a memorable selfie. Researchers found that individuals died falling from high places, while the most group deaths happened around water, with some dying in capsized boats.
"In India, a number of deaths occurred when friends or lovers posed on railroad tracks, which is widely regarded as a symbol of long-term commitment in that culture," Carnegie Mellon reported. "Gun-related deaths in selfies occurred only in the U.S. and Russia. Road- and vehicle-related selfies and animal-related selfies also were associated with deaths."
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