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Trained Wasps May Be Used To Detect Bombs, Bugs, Bodies And More (Use wasps instead of groping)
ScienceDaily ^
| Oct. 21, 2005
| Unattributed
Posted on 11/17/2010 1:40:36 PM PST by Lucas McCain
An unusual device that uses trained wasps, rather than trained dogs, to detect specific chemical odors could one day be used to find hidden explosives, plant diseases, illegal drugs, cancer and even buried bodies, according to a joint study by researchers at the University of Georgia and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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In the current study, the researchers used Microplitis croceipes, a species of tiny parasitic wasps that can be trained to detect certain odors by associating the odors with a food reward. The wasps are not capable of stinging humans, the scientists say. Training a single wasp to detect a target odor can take as little as five minutes and the insects can be easily bred by the thousands, they say.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: waspsbombs
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This is an older article but it seems like a good solution to the current TSA problem.
To: Lucas McCain
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:41:50 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
To: Lucas McCain
This will work just fine until the first airliner crash caused by an errant wasp in the cockpit.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:42:16 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Lucas McCain
Cool!
"Sir, please open your belt so I can pour some wasps into your underwear. They might tickle, but please don't swat at them."
"OK, no problem! Sounds fun! How well are they trained? If I like it, can I come back again?"
lol!
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:46:07 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: Lucas McCain
WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANTS?......................
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:46:09 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(The House finally fell on Nancy Pelosi..........)
To: Lucas McCain
Cool!
"Sir, please open your belt so I can pour some wasps into your underwear. They might tickle, but please don't swat at them."
"OK, no problem! Sounds fun! How well are they trained? If I like it, can I come back again?"
lol!
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:46:20 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: Joe 6-pack
No wasps in the aircraft. I can imagine a device that one walks through at the airport that contains the wasps. They go crazy (in their container) if explosives come through.
To: Joe 6-pack
YEsssss...I’ll put wasps in my baggy pants...that’ll get ‘em...plus it will get the TSA buttheads :)
To: Lucas McCain
We need EXPLOSIVE DETECTION PERFECTION devices not grope the dope and hope.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:48:24 PM PST
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Red Badger
They're easier to train....
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:48:38 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: Lucas McCain
Thanks. As long as I am allowed to bring my highly trained Guard Yellow-Jackets with me, I’m down with it.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:48:46 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Your next chance like this? About 2044. Vote popularity and don't waste time with the details.)
To: Lucas McCain
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:49:42 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Pilots can get training for that in the simulator. Just release a few wasps and put the pilot into emergency conditions. Its just another distraction to be dealt with.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:50:42 PM PST
by
HerrBlucher
(Defund, repeal, investigate, impeach, convict, jail, celebrate.)
To: Lucas McCain
Just make everyone getting on a plane eat a bite of bacon and move on.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:51:35 PM PST
by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: Lucas McCain
A screen cage of these little bugs might render the gropedown obsolete.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:52:47 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Lucas McCain
How about just examining the friggin’ MUSLIMS!!! Wouldn’t THAT be one hell of a lot EASIER?!?!!
To: HerrBlucher
Then they would have to differentiate between the training wasps and the operational wasps. Perhaps they could paint the training wasps blue...
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:53:42 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Lucas McCain; Slings and Arrows
The ACLU is going to file a discrimination suit if you use WASPS.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:54:48 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: Lucas McCain
"No wasps in the aircraft. I can imagine a device that one walks through at the airport that contains the wasps. They go crazy (in their container) if explosives come through." And some mad terrorist will synthesize wasp sex pheremones and all the false positives will effectively shut down the airline industry.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:56:02 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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