Resumen de Silicon Sniffer.
Reports that engineers Billy Boyle, Andrew Koehl and David Ruiz-Alonso of Owlstone Ltd. in Cambridge, England, have developed a chemical sensor prototype designed to detect trace amounts of explosives before they detonate. How their research has been backed by venture-capital funding; Belief that the low-power device can quickly identify tiny concentrations of substances; Comments of Boyle; Background on their research and design efforts; Discussion of chemical sensors; Information on the process; Observation that the Owlstone sensor also has many nonsecurity applications. INSET: ELECTRONIC NOSE JOB.
