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- noun An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in
gaseous form.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Can the electronic nose — the e-nose — help us catch up?
E-noses Edward Willett 2006
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Fingerprint scanners can be fooled by fake fingers made of silicone, so experts are working on an e-nose that can identify the aroma of human skin
January 10th, 2006 2006
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Can the electronic nose — the e-nose — help us catch up?
Archive 2006-06-18 Edward Willett 2006
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Recently, computer scientists made an e-nose that can predict and mimic how an olfactory receptor will respond to a particular scent.
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The e-nose predicted whether twelve odorant receptors from Drosophila would respond to 21 new odorants with roughly 75 percent accuracy.
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The e-nose can monitor air quality; identify pathogens; monitor food ripeness or spoilage; monitor physiological conditions from breath analysis, for example; and detect biological or chemical weapons.
Gadget Freak Files 2010
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Instead of training the e-nose to recognize a set of scents, they tuned it to the receptive range of an actual olfactory receptor.
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The e-nose involves attaching fluorescent compounds onto strands of DNA molecules, which then change color in the presence of certain substances.
Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now 2010
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Ontario Securities Commission seeks $100 million fine against RIM's co-CEOs NASA's newest e-nose for ISS thinks you're wearing too much cologne RIM reaches settlement with Ontario Securities Commission over backdating s ...
Engadget 2009
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This ability to distinguish between many different scents would be a desirable feature of an electronic "e-nose".
K9 Magazine - The Dog Magazine For Modern Dog Lovers Sean O'Meara 2009
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E-noses are alreadyused today in a variety of industrial, office, and residential settings—if you have a typical carbon-monoxide detector in your home, you have a very simple e-nose.
With This Bionic Nose, COVID Survivors May Smell the Roses Again Eliza Strickland 2022
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