Originally published December 11 2003
Electronic 'dog-on-a-chip' that sniffs cocaine and other narcotics could put police canines out of work
by Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor
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Scientists at Georgia Tech have created a new detection tool that is
portable, inexpensive, and doesn't require feeding or grooming.
- The U.S. government will spend more than $19 billion this year in the
war on drugs, according to the Office of National Drug Policy.
- Dogs also have trouble detecting specific drug targets in the presence
of other odors, such as coffee grounds.
- "Unfortunately, the illicit drug traffickers are aware of this and
invariably mask their product with different chemicals to evade
authorities," Stubbs says.
- This sensitivity is achieved through surface acoustic wave (SAW)
electronics, a method of detecting a chemical by measuring the
disturbance it causes in sound waves across a tiny quartz crystal.
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