Rats Can be Taught to Find IEDs A rat may never be man’s best friend, but the Rugged Automated Training System research sponsored by scientists with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, in collaboration with engineers at West Point and the Counter Explosives Hazards Center, will determine if and how these animals can be trained to save Soldiers’ lives.In July, Barron Associates Inc., Charlottesville, Va. was selected for an award under the Small Business Technology Transfer, or STTR, program to develop and test a rugged, automated and low-cost system for training rats to detect improvised explosive devices and mines, says Micheline Strand, chief of the Army Research Office’s Life Sciences Division, which manages the program.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2012/08/rats-can-be-taught-find-ieds

Rats Can be Taught to Find IEDs

A rat may never be man’s best friend, but the Rugged Automated Training System research sponsored by scientists with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, in collaboration with engineers at West Point and the Counter Explosives Hazards Center, will determine if and how these animals can be trained to save Soldiers’ lives.

In July, Barron Associates Inc., Charlottesville, Va. was selected for an award under the Small Business Technology Transfer, or STTR, program to develop and test a rugged, automated and low-cost system for training rats to detect improvised explosive devices and mines, says Micheline Strand, chief of the Army Research Office’s Life Sciences Division, which manages the program.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2012/08/rats-can-be-taught-find-ieds