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One step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts: Study found locusts can quickly discriminate between different explosives’ smells – Science Daily
Research has determined that locusts can smell explosives and determine where the smells originated — an important step in engineering cyborg bomb-sniffing locusts.
If you want to enhance a locust to be used as a bomb-sniffing bug, there are a few technical challenges that need solving before sending it into the field.Is there some way to direct the locust — to tell it where to go to do its sniffing? And because the locusts can’t speak (yet), is there a way to read the brain of these cyborg bugs to know what they’re smelling?
For that matter, can locusts even smell explosives?
Yes and yes to the first two questions. Previous research from Washington Univ…
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