Commenters note acoustic fire suppression is not a new concept
2 Sep 10 10:28 PM · 13d ago · 1 post · 2 comments · 2 sources · development 2 of 3
Hacker News users pointed to prior acoustic-extinguisher research, a commercial project called Sonic Fire Tech, and YouTube demonstrations of similar devices, questioning the claim of a wholly original invention.
“a search for "youtube acoustic fire extinguisher" indicates it has already been invented a few times by people all over the world”
nilslindemannÁngela Karime Venegas Hernández 16-year-old inventor
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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 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…
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Well, a search for "youtube acoustic fire extinguisher" indicates it has already been invented a few times by people all over the world. The most interesting video is
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