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DARPA Creates Sound-Based Fire Extinguisher

Posted July 16, 2012 12:31 PM

From ExtremeTech:

For almost 50 years, fire extinguisher technology has remained virtually unchanged: You muffle the fire with a blanket, or spray it with a sprinkler system or pressurized canister. Today, DARPA shows off a new breakthrough: Extinguishing a flame using sound.

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07/16/2012 2:50 PM

I guessing that they discovered if you just yelled OUT! loud enough, the fire would just go out...

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07/17/2012 8:25 PM

I bellieve that works for dogs and cats, hominids and a variety of ambulatory creatures. (Moose however are impervious).

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