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E-nose Sniffs Out Nasty Resistant Bacteria
geekroot's dad writes "There have been several tries for an Electronic nose that seek out various airborne elements - they can find cancer, monitor recycled air for NASA and
find nasty bacteria better than lab tests. Now as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA) becomes a problem not only in hospitals but in everyday life some British scientist have built a super nose to find the 'little buggers'."
They may be better off building super teeth, rather than super noses.
-- "It's not stalking if you're married!" My Wife.
Imagine the applications in everyday cubicle's life: A smell map of the office to answer the eternal question: The more you smell, the better you code ?
they can finding cancer
Good for they's finds.
Maybe someone would be kind enough to create a hack to allow it to sniff out the BS from our politicians. Only down side is that people would think it was malfunctioning since it would go off every time any of them utter a word.
Yup. Working a new invention, a Smelloscope.
Gonna win Inventor Of The Year with it.
...famous cereal toucan gets new job extolling the wonders of following electronic noses, and rumors surface that the chair of Kellogg's has thrown a bowl in angry response to said toucan's career move.
Thank you for watching; we'll see you Monday.
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
the only thing coming out of my nose is Cola when i read your comment
Finally it can be proven that girls do indeed fart.
*not guaranteed, results may wildly vary
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Seriously.
Zzz Zzz Zzz...
Looks like we are going to outsource smelling to some machine.