Using Fire Extinguishers

Random notes on fire extinguishers. (Photo Credits)

Fire extinguishers help any home or establishment fight fire at the onset of an incident.

Not everyone with a fire extinguisher in their home though know the proper usage of a fire extinguisher.

This 13-year old boy featured over at Better India.com, does not only know how to use a fire extinguisher, he even ventured into making a low cost version of it. Removing molds

“Developed with the help of his science teacher, Karunai Das, the extinguisher has a heat sensor that detects a rise in temperature that could be caused due to friction. This triggers an alarm, which is connected to a water tank and a motor. A sprinkler that will douse the flames is activated without delay.”

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Let the bass work it

These students from the United States meantime came out with a fire extinguisher that puts put a fire with the use of sounds as featured in Fox News. Mold

“Two engineering students at George Mason University have created a potentially revolutionary fire extinguisher that uses sound to fight blazes. The brainchild of engineering seniors Viet Tran and Seth Robertson, the device uses low frequency sound waves to extinguish fires.”