Artificial Noses
Artificial noses are an attempt to create a synthetic system that can replicate the sense of smell. Practical applications of artificial noses include drug detection, bomb detection and possibly even disease detection. Although no artificial noses have yet been produced, research developments have moved the artificial nose closer to reality.1
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to produce synthetic smell receptors in mass quantities. The research will be published the week of September 30, 2008.1
Fast Facts
- Considered a form of artificial intelligence2
- MIT research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in October, 20083
- Technological hurdles include: Making synthetic mucous, making a large number of smell receptors quickly and effectively and computer identification of scents1
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