Introduction Do you have a fire extinguisher at home ... Yet another option is to cover the fire with a layer of foam, carbon dioxide gas or dry chemicals that stop air from reaching the flames.

Fighting open fire ... based foam and CO2-based fire extinguishers. The researchers are hoping their invention could be used in other enclosed areas, such as submarines, but the space extinguisher ...

Viet Tran and Seth Robertson’s new fire extinguisher looks a little like ... With water, powder, foam and chemicals, there are already many means of dousing a flame, so it may be hard to imagine ...

There are some obvious advantages to Tran and Robertson’s invention over the traditional foam fire extinguisher, with the main one being no messy foam to clean up after. Check out their YouTube ...

It's called the Vacuum Extinguish Method, or VEM for short. A typical fire extinguisher works by spraying carbon dioxide foam, which, if operated properly and quickly, will damp down any flames.