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posted by Fnord666 on Friday September 29 2017, @10:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the almost-X-ray-glasses dept.

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NASA search-and-rescue technology has been sent to Mexico following the series of earthquakes that shook the country last week. The suitcase-size device, dubbed FINDER, uses radar to detect human heartbeats under rubble.

The device was developed through a collaboration between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Department of Homeland Security. Two private companies have licensed the technology. As of Thursday, Sept. 21, one of the companies, called SpecOps Group, was in Mexico City participating in rescue operations, NASA officials said in a statement.

The other company, R4, sold FINDER units to Quito, Ecuador's, fire department following an earthquake there last year. That fire department has dispatched these units to Mexico City, according to the NASA statement.

FINDER, which stands for Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response, uses low-power microwave radar to detect small movements, like breathing or heartbeat, beneath rubble. In tests, it can detect a heartbeat through 30 feet of rubble or 20 feet of solid concrete, NASA officials said. The technology was developed from JPL's efforts to design low-cost, small-spacecraft radios, using signal-processing techniques created to measure small changes in spacecraft motion.

Source: https://www.space.com/38290-nasa-rescue-tech-sent-mexico-earthquake.html


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by stretch611 on Saturday September 30 2017, @12:30AM

    by stretch611 (6199) on Saturday September 30 2017, @12:30AM (#575140)

    Keep posting AC you idiot...

    The technology was developed from JPL's efforts to design low-cost, small-spacecraft radios, using signal-processing techniques created to measure small changes in spacecraft motion.

    And that was from the summary, you didn't even need to go to the linked article. Sure as heck sounds space related tech to me.

    As for leaving this website, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out... or then again, maybe it would be better if it does hit you. With your obvious lack of reading skill/comprehension any site that uses words instead of pictures will be rough on you.

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