The Return of Mighty Mouse: Airport Security Enhanced by Mice

Israeli Scientists Training Mice for Airport Security

Israeli scientists have created a detector, similar looking to a full-body scanner but with three concealed cartridges each containing eight specially trained mice.

According to the New Scientist, the mice are more accurate than using dogs and x-ray machines.

When the mice sense traces of drugs, they run to a side chamber where they trigger an alarm, the magazine said. Eran Lumbroso, the inventor, said: "It is as if they are smelling a cat and escaping. We detect the escape."

The device was tested last year on 1,000 shoppers in a Tel Aviv shopping mall when the mice successfully picked out 22 people carrying mock explosives.
(Telegraph-UK)
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