JERUSALEM, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli start-up has developed a device, based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology, that can detect the drowning of a child in a swimming pool, local media reported Thursday.

The device, called Coral Manta, is connected to the pool and can identify objects underwater that are not moving for more than 15 seconds, the Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

When the body of a child remains under water for more than 15 seconds, the device starts to beep. Even those inside the house can hear the alarm and take actions to save the victim.

The device is named after Coral Sherry, a 11-year old Israeli girl who drowned 4 years ago in a private swimming pool in the settlement of Savyon in central Israel.

The device, which costs about 1,500 U.S. dollars, was developed by Eyal Golan, an entrepreneur from the town of Zichron Yaakov in northern Israel, along with Tamar Avraham of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in the northern city of Haifa.