B.C. students design bracelet to help save lives in wildfires

A group of high school students from St. Michaels University School in Victoria have designed a bracelet that measures carbon monoxide in the wearer’s blood. Breathing on the bracelet makes it change colour, indicating the level of carbon monoxide, the major cause of death in wildfires. A prototype of the device took first prize in the product design challenge at this summer’s Shad summer enrichment program at the University of Prince Edward Island. The St. Michaels students and their fellow contestants worked to create a solution that would make Canadians more resilient following a natural disaster, the Victoria News reports.