Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 669: Was the Golf Ball Finder Modified?

Chen Yiyang showed Yang Chengru the specific appearance of the Moore Detector after it was dismantled.

Yang Chengru, having a technical background, instantly judged that something with such a simple structure absolutely couldn't detect explosives.

"Actually, even back in Shancheng, there were relevant explosive technicians who questioned this device.

However, we emphasize evidence in our work and can't doubt an internationally known device without reason.

So, at the time, Shancheng organized an experiment to verify the reliability of this device."

Yang Chengru said,

"This experiment had two steps, the first step was telling the operator the location of the bomb, then having the operator use the Moore Detector to search.

The result was the Moore Detector's accuracy rate was one hundred percent.

The second step was not telling the location of the explosives to the detector, then having the detector randomly search using the Moore Detector.

Out of twenty searches, the detector succeeded only six times.

Essentially, it was similar to the probability of blind guessing."

"So doesn't this already prove this detector is useless?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"After the testers reported this test, the person responsible at the time said the sample size was too small, the explosive characteristics were indistinct, so the test results might not be accurate.

Later, the matter was left unresolved, and many cities continued purchasing Moore Detectors to inspect explosives."

Bureaucracy.

Chen Yiyang understood that the person in charge at the time didn't genuinely believe the Moore Detector was useful.

But the reality was, Shancheng spent so much money, buying thousands of sets of Moore Detectors.

If this thing was useless, wanting a refund would likely be very difficult, and the losses would be irrecoverable.

It's clearly an action that might not even be recognized, and could even offend people.

But doing nothing allows everyone to pretend not to know.

So even though this test already pointed out some problems, it was still left unresolved, and everyone pretended not to see.

"We need a more authoritative team to conduct double-blind tests on the Moore Detector."

Chen Yiyang said, "Split into two groups, one group places explosives, and the other group uses the Moore Detector to find explosives.

The personnel searching for explosives use the Moore Detector to locate the explosives, watching the success rate of findings.

Then, search for explosives randomly by flipping a coin, and observe the success rate.

Finally, tally the success rates of these two explosive searching methods.

If the success rate of using the Moore Detector doesn't exceed flipping a coin by much, it proves this thing is indeed useless."

"I'll help contact the team. Any teacher at the National Defense Science and Technology University should be able to get the explosives needed for the experiment."

Yang Chengru took this task upon himself.

Now that he's left Shancheng, if there's any issue with the Moore Detector, it has nothing to do with him.

After sending off the explosive expert, Yang Chengru took the initiative to ask Chen Yiyang.

"If it's confirmed that the Moore Detector is useless, can we sue the company for compensation?

After all, the company's product descriptions clearly state their product can detect explosives.

That already constitutes fraud."

"I think it's difficult," Chen Yiyang said, troubled.

Because even if the double-blind tests prove the success rate of the Moore Detector in finding explosives is similar to flipping a coin.

Taking it to court, even if the court accepts these test results, the opposing side might argue that their detector's accuracy is slightly better than flipping a coin.

At most, it's considered exaggerated promotion, not fraud.

Unless evidence can be found that they knew beforehand that the Moore Detector fundamentally couldn't detect explosives.

However, Chen Yiyang still called Schaefer, asking him to find a way to gather evidence.

Yang Chengru worked reliably in this matter.

Soon, the team he found at the National Defense Science and Technology University conducted a complete double-blind experiment on the Moore Detector.

The experiment results showed that the Moore Detector and flipping a coin had practically no difference in success rate when it came to detecting explosives.

Meaning the Moore Detector imported for tens of thousands essentially had the same effect as letting inspectors flip a coin to randomly confirm whether there were explosives around.

However, for the sake of rigor, the team concluded:

1: It cannot be determined whether the Moore Detector has explosive detection functionality.

2: The Moore Detector cannot be used for precise positioning of explosives.

3: Even if the Moore Detector has explosive detection functionality, its success rate is very low.

4: The Moore Detector is not very practical.

These four conclusions prove that buying the Moore Detector is an "intelligence tax."

But these conclusions cannot be used as evidence to accuse McComick of fraud.

Just as Chen Yiyang was figuring out what to do.

Schaefer called with good news.

"I hired a private detective team to investigate McComick in Europe.

They discovered how McComick makes the Moore Detector.

This guy doesn't have a professional research team, and his so-called Moore Detector is actually a golf ball detector priced at about ten Euros, modified.

And by the way, this golf ball detector claims it can locate lost golf balls on the lawn, but many fans have personally verified it's practically useless.

Yet McComick thought the appearance of this golf ball detector was very futuristic, so he bought it from the manufacturer and after repackaging and promotion, sold it through various channels to different countries.

But some countries severely affected by explosive attacks found the device useless after a few uses and stopped purchasing it.

Your Huaxia is instead his company's biggest client, no wonder he wanted to find a separate supplier."

Hearing Schaefer's words, Chen Yiyang was initially delighted.

Because the double-blind experiment organized by Chen Yiyang couldn't send McComick to court.

But the evidence found by Schaefer could absolutely prove McComick knew the Moore Detector was actually a not-so-effective golf ball detector, yet still claimed it had the capability to detect explosives.

"I'll pay, you help me find a lawyer team," Chen Yiyang directly said to Schaefer, "I'm preparing to send this con artist to jail and have him compensate for losses."

"No problem." Schaefer understood why Chen Yiyang was so focused on McComick.

After all, this guy was selling things that concern human lives.

If an organization trusts the Moore Detector's ability too much, leading to explosive attacks and casualties.

Schaefer definitely wouldn't let such a person go.

Making money is fine, but why harm others?