Averting Bridge Disasters: New Technology Could Save Hundreds of Lives
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 23:31
in Earth & Climate
Millions of U.S. drivers daily use faulty or obsolete bridges, but it's too costly to fix them all or adequately monitor safety, says a University of Maryland researcher who's developed a new, early warning system to prevent the kind of fatal bridge disaster in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2007. The new system is dramatically cheaper than current technology.