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Echo
Echo is a multi-room 'plug and play' smoke and fire detection system that has the potential to dramatically reduce fire-related deaths.
Domestic fires account for 75 per cent of all fire-related deaths and most result from fires that start at night. Current smoke-detector systems are not always placed in the ideal locations in the home and can be poorly maintained. By the time they are activated by smoke, the fire has spread reducing the chance for a safe escape.
In the critical seconds immediately following a fire or smoke, Echo is activated and relays the warning throughout the property. This patent-pending, fuss-free, plug-and-play system taps into existing domestic electrical wiring networks - ensuring that everyone throughout the property can be alerted to react promptly during a fire.
The system performs as well as the dedicated fire systems required in large commercial buildings, but without the significant cost and disruption associated with installation.
Echo can offer a new level of fire safety and reliability in the home.
Echo is a Royal College of Art Selected Work and is being developed by Aymeric Alandry, Lawrence Lee, Efrain Martinez Cardozo and Terence Woon, all 2010 graduates of the RCA Innovation Design Engineering MA programme.
The team has been awarded the Ideal Home Inventor of the Year 2010 and Deutsche Bank Award 2010 in recognition of their development of the Echo smoke and fire detection system.
Patent-pending
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