Creator of Bomb-Detector Wins Prize

April 2, 2007 By MARK JEWELL, Associated Press Writer Creator of Bomb-Sniffing Device Honored (AP)

In this photo released by the Lemelson-MIT Program Communications Team, shown is Timothy Swager, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, displays, in Cambridge, Mass., March 16, 2007, the Fido Explosives Detector, a device currently used by U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Swager is the 2007 winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his advancements in explosives detection technology. (AP Photo/Lemelson-MIT Program)

(AP) -- A scientist who created bomb-sniffing technology to help clear land mines won the Lemelson-MIT Prize Monday, a decade after he began developing it under a Pentagon-funded research project.



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