When someone goes missing in the desert, every minute can mean the difference between life and death. That urgency inspired a group of American University of Sharjah (AUS) students to develop Shaheen, a senior design project that equips drones with the ability to spot lost individuals and alert rescuers in real time. Their innovation has just earned second place at Dell Technologies’ 2024–2025 Envision the Future competition, which attracted 259 projects from 14 countries across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. The name Shaheen comes from the falcon admired in ...