17-Year-Old Mexican Student’s Fire Extinguisher Uses Sound Waves to Put Out Flames; Wins Gold in Indonesia
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VERIFIED - Did a 16-Year-Old Really Invent a Device Capable of Extinguishing a Fire Just with Sound?
On social media, a video attributes to a teenager the invention of a device capable of extinguishing fire with sound. Verification made, the device exists well and has earned her a distinction in Indonesia. Its principle, known for more than a century and a half, however, has limits that make it unsuited to fire fighting. - VERIF' - Did a 16-year-old really invent a device capable of extinguishing fire just with sound? (International).
17-year-old Mexican student’s fire extinguisher uses sound waves to put out flames; wins gold in Indonesia
Ángela Karime Venegas Hernández won a gold medal for her invention at an international fair. She created a fire extinguisher that uses low-frequency sound waves to extinguish flames. The invention, named Vortex Tech, is based on principles from earlier experiments. Venegas, with the help of her uncle, developed several prototypes before achieving success. She aspires to study engineering after completing her education at CETis 78 in Altamira.
Angela Karime Hernández Venegas, a student at CETIS 78 in Altamira, Tamaulipas, won a gold medal at the 2026 International Science and Technology Competition in Indonesia thanks to her “Vortex Tech”, an acoustic extinguisher that uses sound waves to suffocate the flames. The project stood out in a contest in which 80 countries participated. Angela won the press along with 14 other winners in a category where they competed proposals from Indonesi…
Mexican student Angela Karime Venegas, 16, created Vortex Tech, a prototype fire extinguisher that extinguishes...
A 16-year-old student invented a fire extinguisher with sound, no water or chemicals, and won a gold medal in an international science competition in Indonesia. Mexican Angela Karime Venegas Hernández developed Vortex Tech for about a year, under the guidance of Professor José Arturo Hernández Muñoz, at the [...]
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