{domain:"www.qualitydigest.com",server:"169.47.211.87"} Skip to main content

User account menu
Main navigation
  • Topics
    • Customer Care
    • FDA Compliance
    • Healthcare
    • Innovation
    • Lean
    • Management
    • Metrology
    • Operations
    • Risk Management
    • Six Sigma
    • Standards
    • Statistics
    • Supply Chain
    • Sustainability
    • Training
  • Videos/Webinars
    • All videos
    • Product Demos
    • Webinars
  • Advertise
    • Advertise
    • Submit B2B Press Release
    • Write for us
  • Metrology Hub
  • Training
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
Mobile Menu
  • Home
  • Topics
    • 3D Metrology-CMSC
    • Customer Care
    • FDA Compliance
    • Healthcare
    • Innovation
    • Lean
    • Management
    • Metrology
    • Operations
    • Risk Management
    • Six Sigma
    • Standards
    • Statistics
    • Supply Chain
    • Sustainability
    • Training
  • Login / Subscribe
  • More...
    • All Features
    • All News
    • All Videos
    • Contact
    • Training

A Life-Saving Idea Whose Time Has Come

Innovation pays off for three young engineers

MIT News
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 09:54
  • Comment
  • RSS

Social Sharing block

  • Print
  • Add new comment
Body

ADVERTISEMENT

Untitled Document First responders, including firefighters and police officers, must often take action in potentially lethal situations. Bounce Imaging seeks to decrease the danger for these individuals with a throwable ball that can automatically detect potential dangers in advance. As the ball is bounced into an unseen space, its built-in camera and sensors transmit crucial information to a mobile device.

ADVERTISEMENT

Bounce Imaging was founded by three MIT graduates and has been featured in national and international media. The venture was a 2012 Gold Prize winner in MassChallenge, an organization that supports entrepreneurs with resources, training, and networking. Most recently, Bounce Imaging was named a 2013 Popular Science Invention Award winner.

 …

Want to continue?
Log in or create a FREE account.
Enter your username or email address
Enter the password that accompanies your username.
By logging in you agree to receive communication from Quality Digest. Privacy Policy.
Create a FREE account
Forgot My Password

Comments

Submitted by William A. Levinson on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 12:08

Simple, but effective

This looks exactly what Jack Bauer needs to use before he goes through a door in "24!" The company should, in fact, see if it can get producers of an action movie to use this product in a realistic scenario in which emergency responders need to see the inside of a dangerous room (e.g. with criminals, or a fire) before they enter themselves.

  • Reply

Add new comment

Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
Please login to comment.
      

© 2025 Quality Digest. Copyright on content held by Quality Digest or by individual authors. Contact Quality Digest for reprint information.
“Quality Digest" is a trademark owned by Quality Circle Institute Inc.

footer
  • Home
  • Print QD: 1995-2008
  • Print QD: 2008-2009
  • Videos
  • Privacy Policy
  • Write for us
footer second menu
  • Subscribe to Quality Digest
  • About Us
  • Contact Us