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Scent is something else entirely

Posted by Robin on 6 January 2022 3 Comments

The science behind sight, taste, touch, and sound are lightyears beyond smell. Most cameras work better than human eyes, able to see spectrums of light invisible to us. Audio systems can hear wavelengths our ears can’t. Robots can now use an artificial sense of touch to carefully peel a grape. Some artificial flavorings are tastier than the real thing. Similar efforts to capture olfactory sensory experiences have fallen short because the physics behind how our brains smell isn’t as straightforward as other senses. Sight is photons, sound is compressed air. Scent is something else entirely. Roughly 400 receptor types can recognize millions of scents, combining them to create an overall smell.

— Read more in Digital Olfaction Brings Scent Systems Into the 21st Century at Propmodo.

Gloriously specific

Posted by Robin on 10 October 2017 Leave a Comment

Our sense of smell is gloriously specific. The mellow aroma of butter and flour rising from warm pie crust, the synthetic bite of fresh paint, the familiar odor of a new car—when we get a whiff of something, we know immediately what it is. But this natural delicacy of perception far exceeds our ability to tell how a given molecule, drawn on a blackboard and considered as an abstraction, will strike our noses.

— Computers can't smell yet, but they're learning. Read more at O.K., Computer, Tell Me What This Smells Like at The New Yorker.

A three- to five-year time frame

Posted by Robin on 2 May 2017 2 Comments

“I think the fact that you’re seeing so much activity both in commercial and academic settings shows that we’re getting a lot closer,” said Cristina Davis, a biomedical engineer and professor at the University of California, Davis, who also is helping to develop an odor sensor to diagnose disease.

“My estimate is it’s a three- to five-year time frame” before such tools are available to clinicians, she added.

— The New York Times takes a look at the use of odor sensor technology in the diagnosis of disease. Read more in One Day, a Machine Will Smell Whether You’re Sick.

What a smell looks like

Posted by Robin on 13 June 2016 2 Comments

Your Monday morning science lesson: Nsikan Akpan of NPR walks you through Cracking the Olfactory Code, an odor research project at the University of Colorado Boulder. They are working to teach robots to smell. You can read more at What a smell looks like at NPR.

Licensed smell investigator!

Posted by Robin on 20 November 2013 12 Comments

Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado. But that doesn't mean residents want the air to smell like a pot rally...And that's where licensed smell investigator Ben Siller comes in. A member of Denver's Department of Environmental Health, he's trained to use an olfactometer to determine if people are breaking laws that protect the purity of Denver's air.

— Read more at Denver's Smell-O-Scope Targets Marijuana's Skunky Scent at NPR. Plus, read more about the Nasal Ranger Field Olfactometer here. 

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