Sonic Fire Tech has developed a technology it says can extinguish fires without causing water damage to homes — using low-frequency sound waves.

A pair of engineering students created a new type of fire extinguisher that uses sound waves to put out flames. Imagine if all you needed to put out fire was a subwoofer. It’s an idea that has been ...

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Sound waves could be the next big thing in fire-fighting technology. George Mason University engineering students Seth Robertson and Viet Tran have built a new kind of fire extinguisher that uses ...

For almost 50 years, fire extinguisher technology has remained virtually unchanged: You muffle the fire with a blanket, or spray it with a sprinkler system or pressurized canister. Today, DARPA shows ...