Researcher Dr.
Spitzer, working at a binational armaments and security
research center in eastern France, and his colleagues constructing a sensor in
hopes to make the process of bomb detection easier. This sensor will detect
faint amounts of explosive vapor that may be present through airport security.
The ‘Canis lupus familiaris’, also known as the German shepherd, is the
most common breed that the United States uses to detect bombs, drugs, weapons
or other threats. This device that Dr. Spitzer and his colleagues are working
on will hopefully be the equivalent or even better than the canines extreme
ability of smell. Emulating the intelligence and sense of this canine will be
highly difficult task, the device must detect even the faintest smell or molecule
as well as any noises that the may be present. Even though Dr. Spitzer and
other researchers are in the process of this supplemental device, dogs still
rank the highest. Dr. Aimee Rose, a product sales director at the
sensor manufacturer Flir Systems, stated: “they have by far the most developed ability to
detect concealed threats” however, “dogs get distracted, cannot work around the
clock and require expensive training and handling” (Rose).
* Information obtained at www.nytimes.com
* Pictures obtained at www.thedaily.com & www.brassringfitness.com
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