Read more stethoscope stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9177/stethoscope.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 11:33:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5797/sensors-could-stop-the-next-bridge-collapse.htmlJonas Oransky<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=19354&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401033203' border='0' />New technology can diagnose bridge stress months before human investigators—currently armed with binoculars— could ever detect them. BusinessWeek compares the small wireless sensors to stethoscopes, as they’re capable of gauging vibration, temperature and corrosion beneath the paint. Testers ride trucks over the sensors and monitor signals, listening for the...Despite a heat wave cyclists and pedestrians are seen on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Temperatures across much of the Northeast has surpassed 90 degrees, the hottest in the metropolitan area since a heat wave last year that was blamed for 40 deaths, and is expected to remain in the 90s through Wednesday. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)http://www.newser.com/story/5797/sensors-could-stop-the-next-bridge-collapse.htmlMon, 13 Aug 2007 17:43:08 CDT