DARPA Creates Machine Which Extinguishes Fires With Sound 121
SchrodingerZ writes "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is known for making odd scientific advances ranging from hypersonic unnamed rockets to bionic prosthetic limbs to insect-sized reconnaissance drones. But recently DARPA has made a interesting advancement in the field of fire suppression. Using two speakers arranged on either side of an open liquid fuel flame, an acoustic field was emitted and engulfed the fire. 'The sound increases air velocity, which then thins the area of the flame where combustion occurs, known as the flame boundary.' This make the flame weak and much easier to douse. Another wonderful thing about this: it's not even that loud! DARPA began its testing in 2008, stating that despite extensive research in this area, there have been no new methods for extinguishing and/or manipulating fire in almost 50 years. The agency plans to expand on this experiment and try to make it successful on a practical scale."
Who knew that naming a rocket... (Score:2, Funny)
...would be so difficult?
Rockets? (Score:4, Funny)
Hypersonic unnamed rockets? Wait until Anonymous hears about that...
Now invent a machine that puts out politicians (Score:1, Funny)
Seriously DARPA, get on to something we REALLY need.
Re:Who knew that naming a rocket... (Score:5, Funny)
OOG ALREADY EXPERIMENT WITH THIS (Score:1, Funny)
OOG USE LOUDEST CAVEMAN NOISE - CAVEMAN FART - IN EXPERIMENT. OOG NOW KNOW FART NOISE COME FROM FIRE GAS. MANY DIED. EXPERIMENT A DISASTER.
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Re:Who knew that naming a rocket... (Score:5, Funny)
MODERATORS MAKE OOG ANGRY (Score:0, Funny)
OOG WONDER IF SOUND OF ME BREAKING HEAD OF MODERATORS WITH OPEN SOURCE CD WORK TO STOP FIRE. OOG DISCLOSURE OF EXPERIMENT RESULTS MANY THINGS BUT NOT OVERRATED.
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Re:My Fire Extinguisher goes to... (Score:4, Funny)
Wait for it....
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Hey KID! Yeah you, get the fuck off my lawn!
Well, this time the .sig and the post align perfectly.
Re:Who knew that naming a rocket... (Score:4, Funny)