i from the leak-detecting dept.\r
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i A 28-year-old MIT graduate named You Wu spent six years\r
-i developing a low-cost robot designed to find leaks in pipes\r
-i early, both to save water and to avoid bigger damage later\r
+i [1]developing a low-cost robot designed to find leaks in pipes\r
+i early , both to save water and to avoid bigger damage later\r
i from bursting water mains. "Called Lighthouse, the robot looks\r
i like a badminton birdie," reports Fast Company. "A soft\r
i 'skirt' on the device is covered with sensors. As it travels\r
i through pipes, propelled by the flowing water, suction tugs at\r
i the device when there's a leak, and it records the location,\r
-i making a map of critical leaks to fix." From the report: MIT\r
-i doctoral student You Wu spent six years developing the design,\r
-i building on research that earlier students began under a\r
-i project sponsored by a university in Saudi Arabia, where most\r
-i drinking water comes from expensive desalination plants and\r
-i around a third of it is lost to leaks. It took three years\r
+i making a map of critical leaks to fix." From the report:\r
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+i > MIT doctoral student You Wu spent six years developing the\r
+i design, building on research that earlier students began under\r
+i a project sponsored by a university in Saudi Arabia, where\r
+i most drinking water comes from expensive desalination plants\r
+i and around a third of it is lost to leaks. It took three years\r
i before he had a working prototype. Then Wu got inspiration\r
i from an unexpected source: At a party with his partner, he\r
i accidentally stepped on her dress. She noticed immediately,\r
i skirt-like design on a robot so that the robot could detect\r
i subtle tugs from the suction at each leak. Wu graduated from\r
i MIT in June, and is now launching the technology through a\r
-i startup called WatchTower Robotics. The company will soon\r
+i startup called [2]WatchTower Robotics . The company will soon\r
i begin pilots in Australia and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One\r
i challenge now, he says, is creating a guide so water companies\r
i can use the device on their own.\r
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+i [1] https://www.fastcompany.com/90232363/this-leak-seeking-rob-\r
+i ot-just-won-the-u-s-james-dyson-award\r
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+i [2] http://watchtowerrobotics.com/\r
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