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Scientists from the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICP RAS) and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have demonstrated that sensors based on binary metal oxide nanocomposites are sensitive enough to identify terrorist threats and detect environmental pollutants. The results of their study have been published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.
Due to rapid industrial growth and the degradation of the environment, there is a growing need for the development of highly effective and selective sensors for pollutant detection. In addition, gas sensors could also be used to monitor potential terrorist threats.
"Choosing the right sensor composition can make a device at least 10 times more effective and enable an exceptionally fast response, which is crucial for preventing terrorist attacks," says Prof. Leonid Trakhtenberg of the Department of Molecular and Chemical Physics at MIPT, who is the leader of the research team and the head of the Laboratory of Functional Nanocomposites at ICP RAS.
According to the research findings, the most promising detection systems are binary metal oxide sensors, in which one component provides a high density of conductive electrons and another is a strong catalyst.
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Saturday November 05 2016, @06:25AM
Basically, these sensors will detect any cell phone, and turn it on remotely if it is turned off. Because the NSA heard a terrorist once touched a cell phone, so now they decided to track every single one in the hopes of narrowing down which people are possibly a terrorists.
Now they have two lists:
-likely terrorists with a cell phone (containing everyone with a cell phone)
-likely terrorists with a cell phone that has a dead battery (special case, as they can't directly track these people remotely, but the people are technologically aware, so they have to dispatch a team of agents to physically follow these people)
-likely terrorists without a cell phone (containing everyone without a cell phone)