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Locut0s

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Wed Sep 25, 2013, 10:06 PM Sep 2013

NASA testing out amazing life saving tool...

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-290&cid=release_2013-290&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=release+2013-290

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NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind portable radar device to detect the heartbeats and breathing patterns of victims trapped in large piles of rubble resulting from a disaster.

The prototype technology, called Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER) can locate individuals buried as deep as 30 feet (about 9 meters) in crushed materials, hidden behind 20 feet (about 6 meters) of solid concrete, and from a distance of 100 feet (about 30 meters) in open spaces.
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NASA testing out amazing life saving tool... (Original Post) Locut0s Sep 2013 OP
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