At Mind Matters News: Machine uses live hawk moth antenna for smell detection

Human-created sensors are not sensitive, fast, or discerning enough to identify and process smells in the danger zones for which the Smellicopter was designed. While the machine worked quite well with moth antennae, it was tested only on floral scents.

Getting a moth antenna to seek anything else may be the challenge.

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