insect identification
Explore and investigate the invisible bioelectric fields of insects with the exciting OLIVABUG!
Bioelectric fields are produced by the results of insect nerve firing patterns.
This incredible sensor takes you into the fascinating world of bioelectric fields as it detects bioelectric fields of ants, crickets, butterflies and other insects.
Hear the insect`s bioelectric field!
Each insect has its own unique bioelectric "fingerprint"!
Build a database library of insect bioelectric fields.
OLIVABUG beeps as insects approach it or you can switch to the hear the sounds of their bioelectric fields.
Features a probe with 12 ft. cord and complete instructions. Uses one 9 volt battery.
Wireless long-range OLIVABUG models also available.
OLIVABUG can detect numerous insect millivolt nerve firings.
These firings appear to contain bioelectric field micro-signatures similar to the macro-signature of the whole insect, i.e., a bioelectric field signature or biometric "fingerprint".
Examples:
"In a cockroach giant axon, overshoot potentials of +35 mV have been recorded. ..a neuron [cockroach] has a resting potential of -70mV and an overshoot potential of +35 mV then the action potential is 105 mV." -"Insect Physiology and Biochemistry" By James L. Nation, p.223
Only one sensillum of a blowfly (Callifora vicina) antennae can fire between 50 microvolts and 2000 microvolts [2 millivolts] when the blowfly "smells" an odor with its antennae. -"Biosensors Based on Immobilized insects" by Igor V. Sevonkaev and Evgeny Katz, in "Solid State Electrochemistry" ,2008, 12: 7-14
Wicher, Dieter, and Heinz Penzlin. ->"Ca2+ Currents in Central Insect Neurons: Electrophysiological and Pharmacological Properties", "Journal of. Neurophysiology", 77: 186-199, 1997.
Ca2+ currents in dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons isolated from the fifth abdominal ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana were investigated with the whole cell patch-clamp technique. On the basis of kinetic and pharmacological properties, two different Ca2+ currents were separated in these cells: mid/low-voltage-activated (M-LVA) currents and high-voltage-activated (HVA) currents. M-LVA currents had an activation threshold of 50 mV and reached maximal peak values at 10 mV.
Thus the cockroach nerve cells have firing ranges in the tens of millivolts.
OLIVABUG specifications:
input current: 0.5 picoamp minimum
input voltage: 2 millivolts minimum
operating current: 300 microamps max
signal response time: 0.09 microseconds to 1 ms to a bioelectric field
output: digitized analog @5V-15V settable
CMRR: 90 dB
maximum output current: 45 mA
operating voltage: 5 volts thru 15 volts settable
output signal voltage: 0 thru 5 volts through 15 volts settable
operating frequency:0-15MHz
COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE EXAMPLE
RESULTS OF INSECT NERVE PATTERN FIRINGS BIOMETRIC SIGNATURE RECOGNITION UTILIZING WINDOWS
SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE
1. Connect OLIVABUG output on audio track on tv/computer signal to
speakers to hear the biometric signature converted to sound. [optional]
2. Set control panel ``sounds`` to level ``47``.
3. Sound Recorder: record first OLIVABUG signal, e.g., ``signatures``
in ``Documents``. It will open in Media Player --> ``Music`` --> ``Library``
4. Now do ``Dictionary`` under ``Recording`` or ``signatures`` for a test
demonstration of the following procedure:
A. RECORDING AN OLIVABUG INSECT BIOMETRIC SIGNATURE
1. Set up Windows ``Speech Recognition``.
2. Click on Speech Recognition Toolbar to `listen` [right-click].
3. Click on ``Speech Dictionary``. [right click - left click]
4. Click on ``Add a New Word``
5. Click on ``Spell It``.
6. Spell the name of the person associated the signature.
7. Click on ``Add Word``.
8. Check box ``Record Pronunciation Upon Finish``.
9. Connect audio cable from IP/CCTV PBF camera or DVR audio output or
TV audio output earphone jack to recognition computer microphone input
jack per above diagram, ``Olivadoti Biometric Recognition Camera
System``.
10. Let the INSECT associated with signature INSIDE THE OLIVABUG, or for acquiring a new signature of unknown INSECT, place OLIVABUG and camera to record both video of INSECT and its OLIVABUG signature when INSECT is inside the OLIVABUG.
MATCHING AN INSECT OLIVABUG BIOMETRIC SIGNATURE
1. Open Wordpad.
2. Do No. 10 above.
3. Check Wordpad for correct name/signature match occurrence.
EXAMPLE: RECORDING A SIGNATURE
1. Spell ``TERMITE``.
2. Click on ``Addword``.
3. Check box ``Record Pronunciation Upon Finish``.
4. Let the TERMITE George go inside the OLIVABUG.
EXAMPLE: MATCHING THE OLIVABUG INSECT BIOMETRIC SIGNATURE
1. Open Wordpad.
2. Let the TERMITE .inside the OLIVABUG.
3. Check Wordpad : Result - ``TERMITE`` printed in Wordpad.
THE ``DICTIONARY`` BECOMES THE DATABASE OF OLIVABUG INSECT BIOMETRIC
SIGNATURES BY THIS METHOD.