Editing Grasshopper (section)

===Detection  of explosives===
In February 2020, researchers from [[Washington University in St. Louis]] announced they had engineered "cyborg grasshoppers" capable of accurately detecting explosives. In the project, funded by the [[Office of Naval Research|US Office of Naval Research]], researchers fitted grasshoppers with lightweight sensor backpacks that recorded and transmitted the electrical activity of their antennal lobes to a computer. According to the researchers, the grasshoppers were able to detect the location of the highest concentration of explosives. The researchers also tested the effect of combining sensorial information from several grasshoppers on detection accuracy. The neural activity from seven grasshoppers yielded an average detection accuracy rate of 80%, whereas a single grasshopper yielded a 60% rate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bomb-sniffing-grasshoppers-tested-by-scientists/ar-BB107oVv|title=Bomb-sniffing grasshoppers tested by scientists|website=www.msn.com|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2020/02/cyborg-grasshopper-engineered-to-sniff-explosives/|title='Cyborg' grasshopper engineered to sniff explosives|last=staff|first=E&T editorial|date=2020-02-18|website=eandt.theiet.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>