Re:Using Lasers to Find Land Mines and IEDs
by Wingman4l7 on Thursday April 25, 2013 @09:14AM
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There's been a lot of success in using trained rats to detect landmines -- they're cheaper to care for / transport, quicker to train (IIRC), and too light to set off the mines.
I've also read of more unusual / interesting detection techniques researched, like bees, and my personal favorite, the seeding by air of bioluminescent bacteria that feed off of said gases.
Re:Using Lasers to Find Land Mines and IEDs
by kroy on Thursday April 25, 2013 @12:23PM
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In case anyone is interested in reading more about mine-detecting rats, you can check out an organization called Apopo. They're pretty cool, and you can even adopt your own rat!
I've also read of more unusual / interesting detection techniques researched, like bees, and my personal favorite, the seeding by air of bioluminescent bacteria that feed off of said gases.