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Award-winning tech uses cyborg mollusks to monitor water pollution
Filter-feeding mollusks respond to water pollution in a very detectable and measurable manner. With that fact in mind, scientists have created a commercial water-quality-monitoring system that uses electronically augmented live mollusks as its sensors.
The technology stems from a 2006 study conducted by scientists from France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the University of Bordeaux. As the animal feeds throughout the day, the electromagnets are thus able to measure factors such as the duration, maximum width, closing speed, and total number of shell openings. According to molluSCAN, the Non-invasive High Frequency Valvometry (HFNI) technology that the system utilizes is 10 to 100 times more sensitive than traditional onsite water quality sensors, plus it's much less expensive.
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