British Columbia is installing infra-red moose-sensors along its highways and connecting them to prominent signs that give advance warning of impending moosefulness.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pioneered the sensors originally meant for the Star Wars program's satellites in the detection of incoming missiles. InTransTech, of Edmonton, Alberta, is a spinoff company of QWIP Technologies, the incubator used to commercialize the lab's technology.
While the sensors have yet to be deployed in any official military application, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) believes they're a viable solution to the moose-mashings and deer damage that take place with disturbing regularity on the province's highways.
