70-year-old inventor Zhou Miaorong tries out an
evacuation slide he built himself in a building in
Shanghai, on March 21, 2013. Zhou took over two
years to design and build the mechanical slide which
uses no electricity to implement in a domino effect,
while also triggering a sprinkler system to fight a
fire. Zhou built it after a serious fire in Shanghai
in 2010 led to loss of life because of the lack of
escape routes, as well as another 2010 incident when
the 37th floor of his building caught fire -- two
incidents which made him think about the need for a
high-rise fire escape device.
(Peter Parks/AFP/Getty
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