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Interesting paper form 2022 that covers much of the ground TSEx has traversed. I extracted the following simply because Quantum Ventura first came to notice as a result of its Research for the US Department of Homeland Security to create a hand held device to do something similar. As we all know it was rather keen on the idea of using AKD1000 for $US50.00 over a Nvidia GPU for $US30,000. Nothing knew but useful to understand what the thinking is around this type of device/s:
Theme C: Security and First-responders Chemicalsensingtechnologiescanbeusedtoassessenvironmentsandidentifydangeroussituations.Accordingtoa report fromtheCenters for DiseaseControl andPrevention, inthe57,975 chemical incidents reported fromJanuary1991 to September 2009, the top five chemicals associated with chemical injury were carbon monoxide, ammonia, chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and sulfuric acid;totaling$45millionindamages annually(Anderson,2015).Proof-of-conceptsensing technologies havebeendemonstratedfor anumber of toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and toxins, such as ammonia, hydrogen cyanide,chlorine,arsine,phosgene,etc.(Limetal.,2009;Raman etal.,2009). Toassessdangersin public spaces and in emergency situationsweneedtomonitorfor illicit andtoxicsubstances, localizeexplosivesand other hazards,and be able to assess danger in rapidly changing catastrophic environments.Participantsin the workshop agreed that there is great benefitto expanding the use ofchemicalsensing technologiesin security and firstresponse in emergency situations. Improve safety and performance of first responders. Chemical sensing technologies can be implemented to improve the safety and performance of first-responders in emergencies. To this end, goals and objectives include developing technologies that rapidly and reliably assess the environment to provide actionable information to first responders. For example, portable chemical sensing technology could be developed to help firefighters detect the presence of dangerous toxins. These technologies could be wearable or be designed to go into hazardous environments ahead of first responders. In the same vein, chemical sensing technologies could be used to monitor the health and safety of first responders themselves, and that of the public, in dangerous conditions. Here, there is an overlap with the point-of-care theme discussed below, as technologies developed for health monitoring could also be utilized by emergency medical services in the field to rapidly diagnose and monitor. Importantly, any technologies developed to be used by first-responders in the field will need to be portable, compatible with other first-responder gear, fast, and easy to use. Threat monitoring. There is a need for chemical sensing technologies to monitor for threat agents and other hazardous conditions in public spaces and public utilities. Goals include: improving industrial hazard monitoring, i.e., monitoring for TICs, toxic industrial materials (TIMs), and diesel and gasoline fumes; developing chemical sensing technologies for threat agents, such as explosives, in urban settings; and detecting illicit products and elements in the environment and public water sources. As a crossover with the agriculture theme, chemical sensing technologies could also be used to detect invasive pests at border crossings. Chemical sensing technologies may be uniquely beneficial for identifying and monitoring illicit drug manufacturing sites and shipping containers. Dogs are currently used to “follow the trail” of an odorant, but current training methods are limited by the availability of odorants. To this end, there is an opportunity to develop non-toxic simulants of toxic smells and employ virtual scent generation and virtual reality to better train animals used for these purposes. Eventually, future synthetic chemical sensor technologies may replace canine models.
Improve safety and performance of the military. Finally, chemical sensing technologies also have the capability to improve the safety of the military in the field. Joong Kim (Office of Naval Research; ONR) provided a key note talk that provided details regarding challenges in field deployment and other considerations/constraints that needs to be considered for field operation. Such deployment are by necessity not within the 3 year time line of interest to the NSF convergence acceleration program."
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