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Creator of explosives-sniffing technology wins 500K Lemelson-MIT award
Timothy Swager began developing bomb-sniffing technology a decade ago under a Pentagon-funded research project to help detect land mines — a use for which Swager’s invention has yet to see action in many of the world’s war zones.
Instead, U.S. soldiers in Iraq are using Swager’s handheld device to scan people and automobiles for traces of bomb-making materials or for hidden explosives that can be detected through telltale chemical vapors.
Soldiers also are using robots fitted with Swager’s sensing equipment to find explosives in hard-to-reach and dangerous areas.
By Mark Jewell, Associated Press
Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2007-04-02-lemelson-mit-award_N.htm
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