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Rerun: How Smoke Detectors Work

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Fire Detection and Prevention: Improving Smoke Detectors

This chapter discusses the importance of fire detection and prevention methods, highlighting the need for better smoke detectors and exploring the use of radioactive materials to solve the high voltage requirement problem. It also discusses the invention of the battery-powered smoke detector and alternative methods for detecting smoke using light sensors.

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