Re:Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years
by suby on Thursday January 31, 2013 @08:57AM
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Why would we want a computer that can smell?
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Re:Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years
by ippisl on Thursday January 31, 2013 @09:12AM
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Diagnosing some diseases , detecting landmines , detecting food safety, detecting tracks(like dogs), analysis of biocompatiblity of couples(through pheromons),improved robotic chefs can all achieved by smelling.
In general , smelling , i.e. analyzing the volatile compounds materials emit can teach us some things about those materials and what processes they are going through.Those seem like usefull capabilities for many industries.
Re:Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years
by yk on Thursday January 31, 2013 @09:20AM
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"Pizza is ready"
( Throw away badly burned pizza)
( Fix constants in script)
( Put new pizza in oven.)
Repeat from top.
I really can not see why anyone does not want a computer with a sense of smell.