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Friday May 4, 2007 2:43 pm
Electronic Nose Features Phlegm
Electronic noses have been utilized for several years in the food and beverage industries. Even NASA has developed one to detect pollutants in spacecrafts to predict a possibly lethal concentration. Now University of Warwick and Leicester teams in the UK have developed a new nose that they are hoping to use for selecting odors that are disease specific. The sensors are coated with a synthetic mucus which gives it “improved odor discrimination” and controls the rate detection. The scientists predict that the nose will become available in the next couple of years. Pass the artificial Kleenex.
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