NASA’s latest invention, FINDER (Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response) has saved four people who were trapped under the wreckage left from the recent earthquake which hit Nepal. FINDER has located the trapped persons using microwave radar which is able to
NASA’s latest invention, FINDER (Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response) has saved four people who were trapped under the wreckage left from the recent earthquake which hit Nepal. FINDER has located the trapped persons using microwave radar which is able to sense and identify human heartbeats.
The device was developed by NASA in collaboration with the science and technology directorate of the U.S.A Homeland Security.
For now the device is at the prototype stage, but in the future NASA intends to make it commercial. NASA satellites will also provide data about the affected areas. Having the dimension of a bag, two of de devices were delivered i