The Military Dowsing Rod
Yesterday entirely by accident I ran across a Wikipedia article about what essentially amounts to a military-grade dowsing rod. (Seriously, what would we ever do without Wikipedia?) This gadget, the ADE 651, is marketed to countries in the Middle East as bomb and drug detection devices. And it has done a brisk business, too! Iraq for example has spent approximately $85 million on them.
The ADE 651 is manufactured by a British company, which was recently shut down by the British government, pending a massive fraud investigation. Are you surprised? (I'm only surprised that the government actually took action, considering some of the crackpot things I have seen for sale.)
The ADE 651 follows standard dowsing rod form and behavior. Wikipedia describes it as being "a swiveling antenna mounted via hinge to a plastic handgrip." The ADE 651 detects a number of different substances, from truffles to contraband ivory.
The ADE 651 is manufactured by a British company, which was recently shut down by the British government, pending a massive fraud investigation. Are you surprised? (I'm only surprised that the government actually took action, considering some of the crackpot things I have seen for sale.)
The ADE 651 follows standard dowsing rod form and behavior. Wikipedia describes it as being "a swiveling antenna mounted via hinge to a plastic handgrip." The ADE 651 detects a number of different substances, from truffles to contraband ivory.
