Aerospace Company Trains Insects to Detect Bedbugs

Mashable 2014-07-29

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A team at Bennett Aerospace has trained special detector insects to associate the smell of bedbugs with that of their food. The technique could be used to detect mold, airborne toxins and maybe even certain kinds of cancer.
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