Machine olfaction

Machine olfaction is the automated simulation of the sense of smell. This technology is still in the early stages of development, but it promises many applications, such as:

• quality control in food processing
• detection and diagnosis in medicine
• detection of drugs, explosives and dangerous or illegal substances

See also

Electronic Nose

External links

• A shortish article about machine olfaction

• T. C. Pearce, S. S. Schiffman, H. T. Nagle, J. W. Gardner (editors), Handbook of Machine Olfaction: Electronic Nose Technology, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002. In PDF at: [1]

• Network on artificial Olfactory Sensing (NOSE) Archive

• e-Nose and e-Tongue Principles from Alpha MOS

• Artificial noses -- picture the smell, nature.com