Indonesian students invent pinger to find quake victims

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It’s the size of a credit card and about as slim.

A trio of Indonesian university students has invented a device that uses high-frequency signals to help locate victims after a natural disaster.

The signal receiver can be plugged into a mobile phone or laptop, and works with an app available on both Apple and Android systems, the students said. “Anything can happen if one is buried too long. The victim’s leg or hand may have to be amputated, or they could run out of oxygen,” Boer said, underscoring the race against time to find those buried after an earthquake.

 

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