Twitter is now literally a life-saving technology

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http://bgr.com/2014/01/03/twitter-shark-tracking-australia/" class="bgr-rss-featured-image bgr-rss-test-class">4edf10edcbb2cafc591412c2b307f535.jpgIf Twitter had been around in the 1970s, would Jaws have even been a threat? NPR reports that government researchers in Australia have started equipping sharks with electronic transmitters that post updates on their locations to Twitter whenever they get close to a public beach. Chris Peck, operations manager of Surf Life Saving Western Australia, explains that the goal of the project is to give beach goers real-time information so they can alert others to flee the waters before any sharks even get close to them.Continue reading...502c9ac677026cb9caec8b210e484142._.gif

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