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Article: Remote heartbeat detectors can find quake victims, hiding criminals
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- May 25, 2008
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McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON - A system that detects the faint electric signals of
beating human hearts is being used to help rescuers frantically
seeking to locate people trapped under the rubble in China's
horrific earthquake.
That's just the latest use for a decades-old technology that's
been put to use by the military, law enforcement and first
responders to find people who've survived train wrecks, avalanches,
explosions or other accident scenes.
One product, called LifeGuard, made by DKL International in
Vienna, Va., has detected at least 17 victims from the China quake,
which struck May 12 in Sichuan Province.
The device also was used to pick up the heartbeat of a victim of
the ...