News tagged with rescue workers

Wi-Fi signals can see through walls

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Utah, USA, have discovered that variations in signal strengths in wireless networks can be used to "see" movements of people on the other side of walls or ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2 weblog

FDNY rescue workers show lasting lung damage from 9/11 World Trade Center dust

A study of nearly 13,000 rescue workers from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) shows that the significant proportion who suffered acute lung damage after exposure to World Trade Center (WTC) dust have not ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magic box for mission impossible

On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0