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Seeing Through Smoke

By Guest PostFebruary 18, 2013Sciencedark, Environment, firefighters, glove prototypes, intuitive, lucy dunne, obstacles, seeing through smoke, sensor gloves, sensor signal, sensory awareness, smoky buildings, smoky rooms, Technology, university of minnesota, vibrations, vibrotactile gloves

Sensor gloves detect obstacles for firefighters in smoky rooms

University of Minnesota researchers have taken a step toward providing first responders with a new means of finding their way through dark or smoky buildings.

Lucy Dunne, an assistant professor in the College of Design’s Department of Design, Housing & Apparel, and graduate student Tony Carton, working with funding from the U’s Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station to augment the sensory awareness of first responders like firefighters, designed gloves that use ultrasonic sensors to detect walls and other objects. (more…)

Very Few Low-Income Moms Meet Breastfeeding Recommendations

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Less than 2 percent of low-income mothers met breastfeeding recommendations in a recent study – a drastic decline compared with a more affluent population – and a lack of support and available resources appears to play a key role.

The research findings out of Michigan State University suggest in addition to raising overall awareness of breastfeeding, especially among women of lower socioeconomic status, physicians can play a role in removing barriers that prevent new mothers from breastfeeding. (more…)

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Seeing Through Smoke

Very Few Low-Income Moms Meet Breastfeeding Recommendations