{"id":87,"date":"2026-05-02T11:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/infrasound-waves-stop-kitchen-fires-but-can-they-replace-sprinklers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:30:26","slug":"infrasound-waves-stop-kitchen-fires-but-can-they-replace-sprinklers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/infrasound-waves-stop-kitchen-fires-but-can-they-replace-sprinklers\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire on an unattended gas stove. Within moments, a smoke detector wails. But in this demonstration, something less common happens: An AI-driven sensor activates and wall emitters blast infrasound waves toward the source of the fire in an attempt to put it out.<\/p>\n<p>The science of acoustic fire suppression, which has long been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esd.whs.mil\/Portals\/54\/Documents\/FOID\/Reading%20Room\/Science_and_Technology\/13-F-1078_REPORT_FLAME_SUPPRESSION_ACOUSTIC_SUPPRESSION.pdf\">known<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%2C5&amp;q=acoustic+fire+suppression&amp;btnG=&amp;oq=acoustic+fire+sup\">documented in scientific literature<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-18870258\">press<\/a>, works by vibrating oxygen molecules away from a fuel source, depriving the fire of a critical component needed for combustion.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, after just a few seconds of infrasound, the tiny kitchen blaze goes out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/05\/startup-says-sound-waves-can-replace-fire-sprinklers-experts-arent-so-sure\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/05\/startup-says-sound-waves-can-replace-fire-sprinklers-experts-arent-so-sure\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[123,124,5,125,126,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire","category-firefighting","category-gadgets","category-infrasound","category-sprinklers","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paltechnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}