Electronic ‘noses’ help sniff out forest fires in Germany


Eberswalde (Germany) (AFP) – Sensors that can sniff out a wildfire minutes after it starts are being trialled in Brandenburg, the German region most hit by forest fires. A start-up installed hundreds of sensors in the woods around the town of Eberswalde to test its “electronic nose”.

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