In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Scientists Moving Closer To Artificial Noses...That's Good News For Michael
By Janet Evans
Tuesday, Sep 30 2008, 11:46 AM
Mug shot of Michael Jackson
Oh, not that type of artificial nose…too bad, Michael.
Actually, that's artificial noses for scientific purposes....to help mankind.
" Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists said Monday they have moved closer to creating "artificial noses," after finding a way to mass-produce smell receptors in a laboratory.
Artificial noses could one day replace dogs that sniff out drugs and explosives, and could have numerous medical applications including identifying diseases that have distinct odors, according to Shuguang Zhang, associate director of MIT's Center for Biomedical Engineering and senior author of a study on the subject.
"Smell is perhaps one of the oldest and most primitive senses, but nobody really understands how it works," said Zhang.
"It still remains a tantalizing enigma."
In seeking to recreate smell, the MIT RealNose project seeks to recreate the most complex and least-understood of the five senses. "
Read the complete article HERE
