An American company uses neurotechnology to create a smell interpretation matrix.
Dogs are currently used by police to sniff in various contexts. Are particularly good to detect illicit substances, and there are even those who use them to
However, an American company went further: it wants to merge these animals, which have twice the types of olfactory receivers of humans, with neurotechnology.
Some companies, such as Elon Musk’s Neuralink, are building humans’ brain-computing interfaces. Now, the Canaery Want to bring the same technology to dogs, tells the magazine.
The company, which has a partnership with the US Department of Energy, is developing a matrix that reads information about animal odors, with the aim of being able to put a neural implant In animals, so that they detect (even better) smells. All this, of course, through AI.
“This new generation device will allow us to perform better on the ground against complex background odors and confusing vapors in the air,” says Gabriel Lavella, CEO of the company.
“It wouldn’t be much easier if I had to press a button, gather a steam sample And instantly get a reading? ”He asks. And this is the company’s bjective.
To date, the set has been tested on rats, and the procedure will be poorly invasive and is now planned a dog version. “Airports and other forms of control are probably the most obvious case,” says the CEO, but other applications could include the detection of invasive species, the identification of environmental risks or the diagnosis of disease.
