Tuesday, January 30, 2018

This is how Bart Weetjens taught rats to sniff out landmines

While a human with a metal detector can search 50 sq m of land a day for mines, a rat can cover 200 sq m in 20 minutes. The use of rats increases productivity while driving down costs. To date, the rats of APOPO have discovered more than 100,000 mines. This translates into 20m sq m of land released ...

from Google Alert - metal detectorhttps://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/bart-weetjens-inspirefest-2017-apopo&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjBmN2Y1NDMwZGU1NzA5Mzc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNElb0hqUIb9EFg2n3ZjhPeapgmFaA

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