e-nose

/ ˈiːnəʊz /

noun

1. an electronic device which can detect bacteria, disease, etc by means of a computerized chemical sensing system

Word History and Origins

Origin of e-nose¹

C20: _e ( _lectronic ) + _nose (sense 1)

Example Sentences

At German firm NTT Data Business Solutions it had a novel way to help train the AI that powers the e-nose it is developing - coffee.

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The idea is that NTT's e-nose can be used not just to sniff out any contagions, but also how fresh - or not - a foodstuff is.

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Both of these have their own "electronic personality", says Prof Raz Jelinek, the co-developer of an e-nose called Sensifi, and a professor of chemistry at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel.

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Taking e-nose technology one step further is a National Science Foundation–funded, six-university project led by John Crimaldi at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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The use of e-nose technology can completely revamp the diagnostic process in the clinical environment, quickly yielding results from noninvasive measures where invasive measures such as drawing blood, are much more costly and time consuming.

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