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An Iowa 911 Call Center is the First to Accept Text Messages
This may come as a surprise to some (myself included), but despite the current ubiquity of texting, there’s still at least one place that won’t accept your texts: your local 911 center. Unless you...
View ArticleFCC Considers Allowing You to Text Emergency Messages to 911 (LOL HELP)
911 has been very slow to respond to improvements in technology, sometimes to the detriment of its service. Smartphones, carried everywhere by millions of Americans, have…
View ArticleWhen The Sun Unleashed Its Recent Plasma Blast, Earth Got Lucky
On Tuesday, the biggest solar flare in four years erupted from the sun, sending a mass of charged particles hurtling towards Earth. NASA announced that it was an M-2…
View ArticleWhy Can't Firefighters Hear Alarms In A Burning Building?
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are trying to answer an odd puzzle: why can't firefighters hear the super-loud emergency alarms they carry with them in emergency situations?...
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