Even the air we breathe is at risk. A terrorist could easily slip a chemical agent into any office or shopping mall HVAC system and kill hundreds of innocent people.
Consider the dangers of bioterrorism:
• A simple pinhead full of ricin is enough to kill an adult man.
• Phosgene is a nasty agent that can cause your lungs to fill with water causing suffocation
• The nerve gas sarin can shut down your nervous system causing death in just minutes
Building HVAC is probably the easiest target for a terrorist attack. Think about it. When you go to the mall there is no virtually no security. (That is other than the rent-a-cops. And if you're like me you wouldn't trust those guys with a firecracker.)
But there's more. The zNose has several commercial applications as well.
1. Environmental Industry - it can analyze chemical compositions at environmental testing and clean up sites
2. Aeronautics and Space - it can detect leaking propellant or jet fuel.
3. Petrochemical and Petroleum - it can ensure greater quality control by monitoring processes.
4. Postal Services - it can screen chemical, biological agents as well as contraband such as drugs.
5. Chemical Industries - it can detect leaking chemical that could lead to disaster business and employees.
6. Food and Beverage - it can provide quality inspections by detecting harmful bacteria, molds, and other spoilages on foods.
7. Medical and Life Sciences - it can be used for blood, urine and breath analysis.
8. Agricultural - it can detect contaminants in soil.
9. Law Enforcement - it can be used to detect drugs and alcohol
10. Oil and Gas Companies - it can detect for carcinogens like Benzene in gasoline and other fuels
The possibilities are really limitless.
EST's share price has been on the gradual decline, but has been rebounding of late.
I believe that EST is ready to go. That's because in the past two weeks EST has received two order totaling $4.25 million, which is really not a whole lot of bread to a company like Lockheed Martin. But you have to remember, EST is a blip compared to LMT.
I believe that the zNose is the future of homeland security and will become an industry standard.
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Nem foi necessário esperar muito... ;)
Só algumas horas... ;D
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