I had a similar thought. After reading the article this seems to be more for industrial or investigative use, where the one hour delay is actually fast. It doesn’t seem like something that is intended to be used to double check if random food is spoiled in your house. Think of a situation in which foodborne illness is being investigated. This device could provide an answer in an hour, as opposed to sending food off to a lab to check days later. Or, a factory could use it to keep more real time tracking of the food they’re making since a lot of foodborne illness starts there. One hour of delay is still pretty good since the food is tracked and likely wouldn’t have left the factory by then.
That’s a lot faster than culturing, sequencing, or otherwise identifying pathogens. I’ve worked in a QC lab before starting grad school and that takes 2-3 days +.
The challenge for these electronic noses is determining what exactly they are picking up on…we don’t always know what they are “smelling”
1 hour?
“OK everybody leave that fresh food out in the counter while we wait to see if it’s spoiled.”
-waiting noises-
No one is going to be using this at home. And if they were, just plan ahead.
I had a similar thought. After reading the article this seems to be more for industrial or investigative use, where the one hour delay is actually fast. It doesn’t seem like something that is intended to be used to double check if random food is spoiled in your house. Think of a situation in which foodborne illness is being investigated. This device could provide an answer in an hour, as opposed to sending food off to a lab to check days later. Or, a factory could use it to keep more real time tracking of the food they’re making since a lot of foodborne illness starts there. One hour of delay is still pretty good since the food is tracked and likely wouldn’t have left the factory by then.
I wish they would produce a home version. I lost my sense of smell over 10 years ago and I struggle with figuring out if something is off or not.
Yeah good for mass checking. But then, why shape like a nose which likes a consumer product move?
Simple, it’s eye catching, no pun intended. I doubt the real deal would look like that.
C-level types are the same dumb-asses that consumer goods are aimed at. There’s marketing at every level.
That’s a lot faster than culturing, sequencing, or otherwise identifying pathogens. I’ve worked in a QC lab before starting grad school and that takes 2-3 days +.
The challenge for these electronic noses is determining what exactly they are picking up on…we don’t always know what they are “smelling”