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New mouse-detecting device to raise efficiency of rat poison use
A smart electronic mouse-detecting device invented by a Chinese professor is expected to prevent inefficient use of rat poisons and help reduce the quantity used by about 90 percent, according to its inventor. In the shape of a walking-stick, the patented device has a wave-detector on its bottom end, which transmits the sounds of moving mice to an audio receiver and an earphone on the top, according to Prof. Ye Wenhu, the designer. The device would help people distribute poisons effectively at selected holes where mice have been detected by the device. It would replace the traditional way of random deployment, in which most chemicals were wasted and which posed a threat to humans and the environment. According to Ye, about 90 percent of mouse holes found outdoors were vacant, while it was hard to judge which one mice might have inhabited. People therefore used to place rat poisons either in all holes they found or in some holes where they guessed there were mice. As a result, most of the chemicals were wasted. The electronic device makes it easier to locate otherwise hard-to-detect mice. With its help, people can administer poisons sparingly and precisely, saving about 90 percent of possible waste,Ye said. The mouse-detecting device has been put into production in Shanghai. It is suitable for places like warehouses, hotels, restaurants, trains and fields. It has been a challenging task for human beings to control the population of
mice, which not only damage grasslands, forests or crops but also spread
diseases. The World Health Organization has listed mouse control as an
international obligation to protect human health. |
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