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Caltech Creates Electronic Nose
eldavojohn writes "Researchers have created an electronic nose that can detect odor and identify which odors are a concern to it. From the article, 'The Lewis Group a division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech have a working model of an electronic nose. The efforts of Caltech scientists has led to an array of simple, readily fabricated chemically sensitive conducted polymer film. An array of broadly-cross reactive sensors respond to a variety of odors. However, the pattern of differential responses across the array produces a unique pattern for each odorant. The electronic nose can identify, classify and quantify when necessary the vapor or odor that poses a concern or threat.'"
Because futuristic elevators are going to be really awkward.
Whoever smell'd it dealt it
which is totally what she said
All together now:
AWFUL!
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Only if you're American ;)
Is there another country that speaks English?
The opposite of progress is congress
FRY: This is a great, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus. Heh heh.
LEELA: I don't get it.
PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
FRY: Oh. What's it called now?
PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: Urectum.
I'll wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer
is what I at first thought they had created. I was not impressed. Then I realized it was an electronic *nose*... Still not impressed.
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
FIRST POST!!!
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Where's the cocaine transistor?
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Sorry, couldn't resist.