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NIST Electronic Nose

Posted by: ScentAir on: November 4, 2008

by R. Colin Johnson EE Times PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) claim its electronic nose can identify hundreds of different chemical compounds using pattern-recognition algorithms that mimic the way animals recognize odors. NIST’s electronic nose depends on 16 microheater elements supplying samples to eight different types of [...]