Bomb-Sniffing Plants!
– – Will bomb-sniffing plants guard the airports of the future?- -One can only hope so!- -Consider the possibilities!
Audrey II:- – Hold it, Towel-head the Terrorist! You ain’t boardin’ that flight, not on my watch, no sir-eee!- -Feed me, Security!- -HAHAHA!
Achmed the Terrorist:- – By the beard of the Prophet, I am undone! –Aieee!
Normally on Foxsylvania, we consider fauna, not flora…but this is too cool to pass up! Researchers at Colorado State University have manipulated a plant so that it turns white when it detects even trace amounts of TNT in the air. The plant has been genetically rewired so that chlorophyll drains off from the plant, leaving it a stark white when specific materials are detected. The redesigned plants are also 100 times more sensitive than a bomb-sniffing dog!
While the plant currently has a response time of several hours, it is hoped that this can be refined to a few minutes over the next several years, and that such plants could serve as sentinels at airports in the future…
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January 31, 2011 at 4:01 pm
I don’t what scientific name they’ll give it. But, the perfect common name would be: Explode-Me-Not!
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January 31, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Next, instead of imploring kids to eat their vegetables we’ll develop a vegetable that will eat them!
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