Use bees instead of dogs

Taking advantage of the bee's perceptive sense of smell, the US company InsaCal designed the VASOR detector for use in security, health, construction, food ...

Research shows that the smell of bee sensitivity is equivalent to dogs, can detect many types of odors in the environment. Their instinct is to tap out when they smell the smell they like. In 1999, the United States Department of Defense's (DARPA) Ecosystem Control Program (DARPA) funded a bee training program to detect land mines.

He put the hose out to sense the smell

In 2010, bees were trained in more areas: security, medicine, food, construction ... Beekeeping was the same as in 1999, but using more sophisticated technology at a lower cost. low.

Inscential develops a unique induction device that combines the biological properties of honey bees in the search for smells to convert bees' responses into electrical signals. This first handheld device, called VASOR136, is capable of detecting very diverse odors.

VASOR136 consists of 136 chests, each containing one bee. Each compartment also contains a gas filter to ensure clean air for the bees.

When the user presses the button on the VASOR, the filter in the device stops working, the airflow is introduced into the environment. With trained bees, conditioned reflex formation, they will poke out the horn when they smell a certain odor. Conditional reflex is referred to as PER. Following that, the reaction is transcoded into the result on the display of the handset.

VASOR has bee colonies and signal transducers when the bees detect odors

The company is undertaking new developments in bee training, increasing its ability to detect odors. According to the latest release, VASOR can detect up to 36 types of odors.

VASOR applications are particularly useful in airport security checks, where costs are much lower than the use of 36 business dogs or other security technologies but are less effective at preventing further attacks. potential threat.

In addition, VASOR can also be used to detect diseases (including cancer) in humans and animals, the growth of bacteria in food, or the detection of brickwork in buildings. ..