http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/09/tech/innovation/bounce-imaging-explorer-disaster-emergency/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
This article from CNN talks about a new imaging device called the Bounce Imaging Explorer, which would help first responders evaluate different crisis situations without putting themselves in danger. This device is the size of a baseball and, after thrown, can offer a wide range of sensory from temperature to imaging. Applications of this could be fireman, policeman, and search and rescuers. The inventor of the device, Francisco Aguilar, was inspired by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He watched on television how so many people had been trapped in the rubble, and the efforts of search and rescue to try and find them with things like fiber optics. Though these fiber optics are useful, they are expensive and somewhat difficult and slow to use. In order to solve this problem he invented his Bounce Imaging Explorer. It is easy to use, and he hopes that it will price from five hundred to a thousand dollars. The purpose of this article is to inform of a new way to help evaluate crisis situations. The intended audience is those interested in technology or search and rescue efforts. This article uses description and also emotional appeal with the anecdote of the author in regards to Haiti. I found this article interesting and would like to see one of these sensors in real life
