Prized Science
Prized Science
American Chemical Society
Prized Science 2013: Episode 2 - Tim Swager: The World's Most Sensitive Bomb Detector
4 minutes Posted Jul 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm.
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Tim M. Swager is the 2013 winner of the ACS Award for Creative Invention for his work on the world’s most sensitive explosive detector to date. Known as FIDO, the handheld detector has been used to detect roadside bombs in Iraq, as well as homeland security operations and in airport security.