Wasps Better Than Dogs At Sniffing Out Bombs 34
boinx writes "Researchers have found that certain wasps can be trained in a matter of minutes to detect the odoriferous substance of your choice. All it takes is a PVC pipe, some wasps and a webcam. Check it out."
Nah no point... (Score:2, Funny)
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Its called a Dalek with a fly swatter! DESTROY! DESTROY!
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Old News (Score:4, Informative)
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Not sure whether their sense of smell would be good enough though.
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Title confusion (Score:3, Funny)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp [wikipedia.org]
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Must .. resist ... remptation ... (Score:1, Offtopic)
I for one welcome our new bomb-sniffing wasp overlords.
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Keys (Score:4, Funny)
The last thing I need is a groin full of wasps.
Some distinct disadvantages (Score:2, Funny)
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The biggest problem I see is the specificity of the smells. How many sorts of explosives can you train the wasp for in the few short days you have to work with them? Though, I do see how an industry could form around building and supplying arrays 'of wasp detectors' that you would have people walk through.
And what's the deal with the overly sensitive "released