Bomb-Sniffing 'Cyborg Locusts' Advance Under Navy-Funded Research
19 Aug 2020
Stars and Stripes | By Chad Garland
Navy-funded researchers have discovered that a locust's sensitive "horns" can distinguish between the scents of TNT and other explosives -- a development that one day could herald the deployment of bomb-sniffing, electronically augmented bug swarms.
The research by a team from Washington University in St. Louis, published this month in the science journal "Biosensors and Biolectronics: X," is the first proof of concept for a system that aims to tap into the antennae and brainpower of garden-variety bugs to create an advanced bomb-detection sensor.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/19/bomb-sniffing-cyborg-locusts-advance-under-navy-funded-research.html
