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All that research money would have been wasted....

On a more serious note research like this is pretty cool, although canines do a fine job this could sniff out pretty much anything, without expensive puppy training! I'm not sure how they are trained but I assume most dogs are trained to specifically sniff out only one item? (Drugs, explosives e.t.c.) Or can they detect more than one type of item?]]>Oct 31st 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/
This technology has been around for at least half a decade if not longer (I was working on a similar project in '04), but not on this size scale. Previous tech was a large handheld unit, nothing like this micro-scale illustrated in the image.]]>Nov 2nd 2008 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/
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Seriously though, this will be a huge help to us during hazardous materials incidents when we can quickly distinguish between chemicals.]]>Oct 31st 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/Oct 31st 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/Oct 31st 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/Oct 31st 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/Oct 31st 2008 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/Oct 31st 2008 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/Oct 31st 2008 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/31/electronic-nose-boasts-snoot-full-of-sensory-neurons/Nov 2nd 2008 1:36PM