APOPO: Building a Rats-based Detection Technology with the Capacity to Detect Landmines

Rats are traditionally viewed as pests in most societies. APOPO turns this stereotype on its head by training rats to detect mines in a wide-scale effort to push forward demining efforts in post-conflict countries. Mine Detection Rats (MDRs), also affectionately called HeroRATs, are a sustainable la...

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Main Author: Lien Centre for Social Innovation
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/57
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_research/article/1057/viewcontent/Lien_i3_Challange_Winner___APOPO.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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