RESEARCH ON ELECTRONIC NOSES TAKES ONE STEP FURTHER
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ISRAELI scientists backed with European Union (EU) funding have developed an electronic nose that can accurately predict whether a scent will be pleasant or unpleasant to humans. A European Commission briefing note said scientists from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science and the Edith Wolfson Medical Centre found their device's odour pleasantness ratings were more than 80% similar to human control assessments. It added: "The eNose's ratings were also more than 90% accurate at discriminating between categorically pleasant or unpleasant ...
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