A couple years ago, NASA and DHS unveiled a portable radar unit based on technology used to detect alien life on distant exoplanets. This radar unit, though, would be used closer to home—to find people burried under rubble. In the first real-world demonstration of its use, the device helped save 4 men trapped under earthquake rubble in Nepal.Read more in Gizmodo.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
NASA's Radar Found 4 Men Trapped in Rubble in Nepal By Their Heartbeats
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