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Old 02-25-15, 01:33 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Platapus View Post
All depends on what exactly we are looking for.

Picking up the pattern of mine fields can be done well with a drone, but if you want to "sniff" explosives, not so good.

At this time, we don't have any sensors that can reliably detect the odors being emitted from explosives better than a well trained dog.
There are machines that can sniff out cancer in humans just like dogs
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innova...790482/?no-ist

I'm guessing same can be achieved with chemicals in mines.



But then we have rats finding mines
A rat is too small to trigger a mine, so even the rat is not in danger.
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