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Smell, taste, touch

Smell, taste, touch

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Smell, taste, touch

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- Let's talk about how AI can tackle the human senses of smell, taste, and touch. Artificial smell has various applications from enhancing virtual experiences as in the metaverse or virtual reality, to detecting hazardous substances. Here's how artificial smell works. Smell recognition is done with what is called electronic noses or e-noses. Funny name, right? E-noses mimic the human olfactory system and are made up of chemical sensors that can detect different odors. These sensors recognize specific molecules in the air, similar to how receptors in our nose detects scents. With AI, you can also do scent reproduction, which is more generative activity. For example, artificially reproducing a fresh coffee smell to lure potential clients to our bakery. The end game is to have a liquid or a solid chemical that can be released to the air or added to food to make it smell better. Most popular applications of artificial smell are in healthcare, where e-noses can be used to detect diseases…

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