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Pye-Rate
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 Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:25 am Post subject: Watch Engineers Extinguish Fire With Sound! |
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By Mary Beth Griggs
In the near future, putting out grease fires in the kitchen might be as easy as turning up the music, thanks to engineering students Viet Tran and Seth Robertson at George Mason University. The students just unveiled a 20-pound backpack prototype that blasts out flames using low-frequency sound waves.
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Bud Brewster
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Direct link to the Youtube Video. The young inventors suggest that these be installed directly above stove tops. If a fire breaks out just press a button and — Presto! — it's out!
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