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Life-Saving Baseballs

Posted by timothy on from the more-like-droids dept.

DeAshcroft writes "Researchers at the Penn State Acoustics Lab have developed life-saving baseballs. As described in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, the team put microphones and wireless transmitters into baseballs, which they toss into piles of rubble to find the (noise-making) survivors. The advantage with baseballs is that they apparently don't have to stop work on the pile to listen for survivors. So, remember, if you're ever trapped in a collapsed building, the basball is your friend. The college paper has a story."

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  1. In other news... by rubicon7 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... a racquetball to a non-cup-protected crotch *really* hurts.

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  2. Any chicks on Slashdot? by LordNimon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My balls could use some saving, too.

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  3. Re:You forgot (also also wik) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will these baseballs find Natalie Portman?

    Do all your baseball belong to us?

    Will the baseball find you if you're stuck in goatse.cx?

    Can RIAA use these baseballs to track piracy?

    Will the MPAA enlist the help of Microsoft to embed DRM into the baseballs, ensuring they will only find you if they *want* them to?

    etc...