Masu bincike tare da Jami'ar Tennessee Institute of Agriculture zai jagoranci sabon kokarin da ya kai dala miliyan 7.5 don amfani da tsirrai don gano barazanar muhalli ga dakaru da aka tura da kuma taimakawa kare fararen hula da ke rayuwa a wuraren da ake rikici.
Makasudin shine ƙirƙirar sabon, dandalin firikwensin juyi.
Ba da Kyautattun Ayyukan Bincike na Tsaron Amurka Agency, wanda aka fi sani da DARPA, a ƙarƙashin shirinta na Advanced Technologies Technologies, ƙoƙarin shekaru 4 zai haɗu da ƙwarewar masana kimiyyar tsire-tsire, masu binciken biochemists da injiniyoyi.
Masu bincike a UT da Massachusetts Institute of Technology za su yi aiki don gyara shuke-shuke dankalin turawa don ganowa da kuma bayar da rahoto game da barazanar da ke tattare da su kamar su jijiyoyin jijiyoyi, fitila da kuma cututtukan tsire-tsire.
DARPA Advanced Techn Technologies (APT)
Shirin na Advanced Technologies (APT) shirin na neman haɓaka tsire-tsire waɗanda ke iya aiki azaman ƙarni na gaba, masu ɗorewa, fasahohin firikwensin ƙasa don kare dakaru da aka tura da ƙasar ta hanyar ganowa da kuma ba da rahoto game da sinadarai, nazarin halittu, rediyo, nukiliya, da fashewar abubuwa ( CBRNE) barazanar.
Waɗannan na'urori masu auna sigina na rayuwa za su kasance masu zaman kansu ba tare da ƙarfi ba, suna haɓaka damar da za su iya rarrabawa, yayin da rage haɗarin da ke tattare da turawa da kula da na'urori masu auna sigina na gargajiya. Waɗannan fasahohin na iya taimaka wa ayyukan agaji ta hanyar, misali, gano ɓatattun abubuwa a cikin saitunan rikici.
Hangen nesa na DARPA game da APT shine amfani da kayan aikin tsire-tsire don jin da amsawa ga matsalolin muhalli, faɗaɗa wannan ƙwarewar zuwa alamun sigina na ban sha'awa, da hanyoyin amsa injiniya masu hikima waɗanda za a iya sa ido ta nesa ta amfani da ƙasa-, iska-, ko kayan aiki na sarari.
Don cin nasara, APT dole ne ta tabbatar da cewa tsire-tsire da aka gyara suna da aminci, ƙarfi, da ci gaba a cikin muhallin su. Shirin ya dogara ne akan ci gaban fasaha don aiwatar da abubuwa da yawa, masu rikitarwa ga tsirrai, ba tare da sadaukar da ƙoshin lafiyar su ba.
Kodayake APT tana bin fasaha don turawa daga ƙarshe, binciken farko ana gudanar dashi gaba ɗaya a cikin abubuwan da ke ƙunshe. Idan binciken ya ci nasara, za a gudanar da gwajin gwaji a mataki na gaba a karkashin kulawar Hukumar Kula da Kiwon Dabbobi da Tsire-tsire ta Amurka ta bin duk ka'idoji na ladabi na tsire-tsire.
Source: DARPANeal Stewart, farfesa a fannin kimiyyar tsire-tsire a Kwalejin Aikin Noma ta UT Herbert wanda kuma ke riƙe da ƙwararren Shugaban Racheff na Kwarewa a Tsarin Tsarin Halitta, zai yi aiki a matsayin babban mai binciken ƙokarin.
Stewart sananne ne sosai a ɓangarorin kimiyya don ƙoƙarinsa na amfani da alamomin alamomin don haɓaka tsire-tsire masu tsinkaye waɗanda za su iya gano matsalolin muhalli ko ƙarancin abinci mai gina jiki a ƙoƙarin taimaka wa manoma ƙara haɓaka. Har ila yau, ya kasance babban darektan Cibiyar UTIA ta Cibiyar Nazarin Harkokin Gona ta Noma.
CASB ita ce cibiyar bincike ta jami'a ta farko da aka keɓe don amfani da gyaran kwayoyi da sauran hanyoyin ilimin halittu na roba don ba da ingantaccen ci gaba ga ɗorewar noman amfanin gona.
Scott Lenaghan, mataimakin farfesa a Sashen Kimiyyar Abinci wanda kuma ke rike da mukami a Sashin UT na Mechanical, Aerospace da Biomedical Engineering shi ne babban daraktan CASB. Zai yi aiki azaman aikin kuma gabaɗaya ƙungiyar jagoranci don wannan ƙoƙarin DARPA.
Aikin UT zai fi mayar da hankali kan aikin injiniya na tsire-tsire don hangowa da bayar da rahoto game da matsalolin muhalli don yin 'tsire-tsire masu magana'. Stewart ya ce an zabi tsiren dankalin ne don wannan binciken saboda ita ce shuka mafi sauki ta aikin injiniya duka babban kwayar halitta da kuma wacce ke cikin chloroplasts.
Neal Stewart:
"Tana da dukkanin injiniyoyi da halayen ci gaban da zasu kawo ingantacciyar 'shuka magana'."
"Binciken mu na farko ya tabbatar mana da dankalin shine amfanin gona na wannan 'Phytosensors 2.0'."
"Dankali ma yana sanya kwayar ajiya mai dacewa - tuber - wanda shine 'batirin' shuka."
Sauran mambobin makarantar da ke cikin aikin a UT sun hada da Feng Chen, farfesa a fannin ilimin jinsi a Sashen Kimiyyar Shuka; Tessa Burch-Smith, mataimakiyar farfesa a Sashen Biochemistry da salon salula da kwayoyin halitta; da Howard Hall, farfesa a sashen Injiniyan Nukiliya.
Gudummawar da suke bayarwa ya kasance daga juriya na kwari kan injiniya zuwa sadarwa-da-harbi, da gwajin radiation, duk an tsara su don tallafawa ci gaba da ingantattun na'urori masu auna firikwensin da zai iya rayuwa da bunƙasa.
A cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da UT, furofesoshi Chris Voigt da Angela Belcher tare da Ma'aikatar Injin Injiniya a MIT. Suna kawo ƙwararrun ƙwarewar duniya da ƙarfin ilimin kimiyyar halittu a cikin ƙungiyar.
John DiBenedetto, wani sashi ne na masanin kimiyyar makamashi, zai tallafawa aikin da kayan aiki da gogewa wajen sanin kayan aiki. Shi da Stewart sun yi aiki tare a cikin wasu ayyukan phytosensor na farko da aka buga.
Duk da cewa abin da wannan aikin ya sanya a gaba shi ne ci gaban na'urorin hangen nesa na sojoji, Stewart yana fatan ci gaban da aka samu ta wannan da sauran kokarin a ilmin kimiyyar aikin gona na karshe zai haifar da amfanin gona wanda zai iya gaya wa manoma ainihin abin da, inda da kuma lokacin da suke da matsala tare da kwari , ruwa da abinci mai gina jiki a gonakin su.
Neal Stewart:
"Wannan aikin yana da matukar farin ciki dangane da fassara abubuwan da muka gano zuwa 'na'urorin shuka' wadanda zasu iya taimakawa manoma."
Dangane da bukatun DARPA, binciken farko za'a gudanar dashi gaba ɗaya a cikin abubuwanda ke ƙunshe tare da duk abubuwan haɓaka halittu a wurin.