An electronic dog saves people

A team of UK experts is working on a project to make electronic dogs capable of detecting victims buried in earthworms or other causes.

The British team, led by Paul Thomas of Loughborough University, is working on an electronic dog prototype, designed to aid disaster relief.

Electronic dogs work by sniffing to detect specific chemical molecules produced by human breathing.

Scientists say their devices can find molecules of acetone and ammonia in the breaths of volunteers in the study.

The invention of British experts can help save a lot
Victims of natural disasters or accidents - (Photo: AFP)

Accordingly, eight individuals have locked themselves in a large container for six hours, to simulate situations buried in the ground or under the rubble of buildings.

Their breath is collected into a cylindrical tube that mixes common things in rubble, such as concrete and glass. Thomas then recorded the molecules that the electronic dog smelled.

Of course, research continues, as field materials are in fact not only concrete and glass. In addition to ammonia and acetone, the sensor (the basic component of electronic dogs) detects carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) and isoprene.

Mr. Thomas said the sensors are extremely effective, in 1 hour to find the victims.

Experts continue to do more experiments in the event that volunteers are kept locked up for longer periods of time, in order to identify other chemicals released as long-term starvation, as well as to chemicals. found in waste.