South Africa’s crowded slums will from now not have to deal with problems arising from fires and floods on account of social entrepreneurs who have unveiled a fire detector that will give warning after sensing heat instead of the conventional smoke.
The Duya News
reports that the app which is christened Lumkani which means “be aware” in the Xhosa language, will set off once the rise in temperature is higher than usual.
“Shack environments tend to be fairly smokey because of a lack of electrification,” Lumkani s co-designer, University of Cape Town engineering lecturer Samuel Ginsberg, said.
“Shack dwellers often use fire inside their shacks for cooking. So a normal smoke detector, which is what you would use in your home, is not effective — it would false trigger far too often.”
