Digital Nose

Tekmage writes "How long until someone equips Sony's Aibo to sniff out contamination at the old chemical plant? Cyrano Sciences describes a little of the technology behind their 'Nose Chip' here, and includes some neat examples."

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Re:Eyes, ears and nose...now all we need's nerves.

[Cato]

"Added to this, modern hearing aids attach electronics directly into the inner ear, with vibration sensors outside the ear, to make people who would previously have been deaf, or almost deaf, hear perfectly again"

'Perfectly' is a significant exaggeration - assuming you are talking about cochlear implants, which are the only implant for deaf people that I've heard of, results vary significantly depending on factors such as whether the person has ever had hearing and if so, how long they ahve been deaf. There's a reasonable overview at
http://www.voice-center.com/cochlear_implants.ht ml