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NASA's eNose Sniffs Out Brain Cancer
ScienceDaily is reporting that an electronic nose developed by NASA for monitoring potential leaks on the ISS may be able to sniff out brain cancer. "The electronic nose, which is to be installed on the International Space Station in order to automatically monitor the station's air, can detect contaminants within a range of one to approximately 10,000 parts per million. In a series of experiments, the Brain Mapping Foundation used NASA's electronic nose to sniff brain cancer cells and cells in other organs. Their data demonstrates that the electronic nose can sense differences in odor from normal versus cancerous cells. These experiments will help pave the way for more sophisticated biochemical analysis and experimentation."
sniff my ass, I just cut one!
What movie was it that a guy pissed into a smart toilet every morning which could detect changes in diet and shit...we are one piss closer.
For some reason, the nose-cloning scenes from "Sleeper" sprung immediately to mind when I read "NASA's Electronic Nose".
Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
I heard that NASA's eNose is so sensitive it could tell a homeopathic preparation from pure water.
Could it sniff out explosives, so we could detect roadside bombs, and not have to squirt toothpaste into baggies at airports?
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
MMMMMM,i love the sweet smell of cancer in the morning
Sure, it's great they've figured out how to do this artificially, but we've known for *years* that cancer smells differently, and we've even had dogs trained to do it:
http://www.google.com/search?q=dogs+sniff+cancer
Cheers,
"What in the name of Fats Waller is that?"
"A four-foot prune."
I for one welcome our new brain sniffing overlords...
Robot noses don't pee on your bags.
They leak oil instead.
This is only a minor setback and is currently being implemented by Microsoft as a non-disableable "feature".
You can't take the sky from me.
Now we can finally put an end to all of the squabbling going on in the ISS.
With the NASA Nose, we will finally be able to prove once and for all whose farts smell the worse, and by how much!
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
...but maybe traveling 18 months to Jupiter wasn't a good idea.
ten thousand parts per million is a lot easier to understand as 1 part per hundred. And a lot less impressive.
Really? The first thing that popped into my mind was the scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7zbWNznbs
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
If I had 5 cents every time I heard "[x] might be able to cure [y] cancer", I'd be a millionaire. If it was for every time I heard "[x] actually detects/cures [y] cancer," I'd be on the street begging for spare change.
Dogs can already be used to detect cancer. Why rely on computers? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/06/60minutes/main665263.shtml
Soon we'll have everything in place to realize Bradbury's vision.
we will be able to cure cancer with Febreeze.
Terrorists can attack freedom, but only Congress can destroy it.
Nobody knows exactly what cancer is, let alone what molecules have "diagnostic value" in cancer. Not to mention that there thousands of different cancer types. So, what is this thing sniffing?
Richard Rich Sr.: [on Prof. Keenbean's Smellmaster 9000] Glasses, electronic aids and surgery help us see and hear better. Isn't it time we had something to help us SMELL better?
Regina Rich: We already do, dear. It's called Chanel.
Where do people get the idea that robots need oil?
Robots will be powered by electric motors, meaning they won't need lubricants, at least not in the same way that cars do. Depending on what you build them out of, they might need some form of lubrication in the joints, but thats just a few sprays of WD40 on the assembly line.
They won't be guzzling quarts of Mobil 1 like they do in cartoons.
I assume that if there is evidence of your cancer floating around, then the likely reason is that it has metastasized to your lungs, in which case you already have a really advanced stage of the cancer. In order to actually be a useful method for diagnosis, you need it to work much sooner than that.
This thing will go great in my tricorder.
NASA's electronic nose to sniff brain cancer cells and cells in other organs
I don't want NASA's nose anywhere near my organ.
Cancer is caused by the lack of vitamin B17 in modern person's diet. It is very well documented in the book "World Without Cancer - The Story of Vitamin B17" by Edward Griffin.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4312930190281243507
Fruit's seeds contain lots of vitamin B17.
If they knew about this before my dad (former NASA Chief Engineer Theron M. Bradley, Jr.) died of a brain tumor in November 2007.
And yes, I really am his son, no he doesn't have his own wikipedia page, though he is listed on the wikipedia Columbia Accident Investigation Board page, NASA's website, and various other places around the web.
Posted anon for what should be fairly obvious reasons.
Here: http://theinfosphere.org/Mom's_Old-Fashioned_Robot_Oil
According to Mom, anything that moves with a load for any time should be lubricated to improve efficiency and wear.