A portable device to detect the weapons of suicide bombers - that's the latest invention created by a group of students in the USA.
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the weapons of suicide bombers, are a major cause of soldier casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.Now, a group of University of Michigan (U-M) engineering undergraduate students have developed a new way to detect them.
The students invented portable, palm-sized metal detectors that could be hidden in trash cans, under tables or in flower pots, for example.
The detectors are designed to be part of a wireless sensor network that conveys to a base station where suspicious objects are located and who might be carrying them.
Compared with existing technology, the sensors are cheaper, lower-power and longer-range. Each of the sensors weighs about 2 pounds.
"Their invention outperforms everything that exists in the market today," said Nilton Renno, a professor in the U-M Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences.
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"They clearly have an excellent understanding of the problem. They also thought strategically and designed and optimized their solution. The combination of a movable command center with a wireless sensor network can be easily deployed in the field and adapted to different situations," said Renno.
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"We built it entirely in-house - the hardware and the software," Lalendran said.
"Our sensors are small, flexible to deploy, inexpensive and scalable. It's extremely novel technology," he added.
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