Chautara

JPL Tech In Space And On Ground Helps Save Lives After Disaster

Medicine & Technology May 09, 2015

Technology from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) helped search-and-rescue teams find and save four men buried in rubble following the Nepal Earthquake. FINDER, a device no larger than a carry-on suitcase weighing less than 20 pounds, detected the heartbeats of the victims through 10 feet of wood, mud, and brick.

Finding Signs of Life From Space—NASA Rescues Few in Nepal

May 08, 2015

After days of being pinned beneath up to 10 feet of rubble, four men were rescued in Nepal thanks to NASA search-and-rescue technology. This marks the first real-world use of NASA's advanced sensing technology.

Chautara

JPL Tech In Space And On Ground Helps Save Lives After Disaster

Finding Signs of Life From Space—NASA Rescues Few in Nepal

Most Popular

Plato’s Long-Lost Grave Found Using AI To Decipher Herculaneum Scrolls; Greek Philosopher Had Been Sold Into Slavery: Report

Why Blue-Green Roofs Are Better Than Green? Is the Technology Applicable to Every Building?

Cancer Risk Surges in Beirut Due to Airborne Carcinogens From Diesel Generators

Kaffa Roastery Partners With AI Consultancy Startup Elev To Create AI-Conic Blend of 4 Coffee Beans

Magnetic Skyrmions Quasiparticle Achieve Record Speeds, Shows Potential in Advancing Computing Memory

Recommended Stories

Small Dark Formations on the Red Planet's Surface Appear Like Spider in Photos Captured by ESA's Mars Express

Citizen Scientists Identify New Sample of Over 1,000 Hidden Asteroids in Hubble’s Archival Data

NASA Engineers Successfully Repair Voyager 1 After 5 Months of Troubleshooting 15 Billion Miles Away

NASA Releases Stunning Concept Art of Lake Lava Loki Patera on Jupiter's Io Moon