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> Ángela Karime Venegas Hernández is 16 years old and has an idea no one else had. ...meanwhile, some folks at George Mason University were doing this back in
by ssl-3 28d ago
> Ángela Karime Venegas Hernández is 16 years old and has an idea no one else had.
...meanwhile, some folks at George Mason University were doing this back in 2015[1]:
> The fire extinguisher uses low-frequency sound waves to douse a blaze. Engineering seniors Viet Tran and Seth Robertson now hold a preliminary patent application for their potentially revolutionizing device.
[]: https://patents.google.com/patent/US10569115B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US10569115B2/en
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPVQMZ4ikvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPVQMZ4ikvM
- Anduia 28d agoUS military showed a version in 2012 [1], and there is a DARPA report[2] That said, it's a solid student project. I'm sure she'll do well at university. [1]: https://www.ifsecglobal.com/uncategorized/soundwaves-a-new-principle-in-fire-suppression/ https://www.ifsecglobal.com/uncategorized/soundwaves-a-new-p... [2]: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/DARPA/13-F-1078_REPORT_FLAME_SUPPRESSION_ACOUSTIC_SUPPRESSION.pdf https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20...
- joeypickles 28d agoIt’s frustrating that the site wrote that. I’d wager a taco that she never made that claim.
- Terr_ 28d agoPerhaps a shorter and less formal version of this science news cycle: https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174 https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174
- joeypickles 28d agoVery true, but I don’t see it as a cycle like that comic says. It is more of an unhealthy digestive tract.