Microsoft Conducted an "Artificial Nose" Experiment to Revolutionize Scent Recognition in UK.
In a remarkable DIY project, Benjamin Cabé, a program manager at Microsoft, has developed an innovative device known as the "Artificial Nose".
This smart device is designed to recognize a wide range of smells using a simple gas sensor and a microcontroller.
Cabé's motivation for creating this technology stemmed from a desire to enhance his breadmaking skills during the COVID-19 pandemic. He aimed to find a more precise way to determine when his sourdough bread starter was ready to bake.
Cabé's idea revolved around using AI to accurately gauge the readiness of his bread dough. To achieve this, he envisioned building a device capable of collecting data on the gas composition of specific smells and training an AI model to identify them.
This concept marked the birth of the Artificial Nose.
The Artificial Nose relies on a neural network to correlate the concentration of gases in the air to distinct smell categories.
Once connected to an IoT platform, this device can be applied in various scenarios, from real-time food spoilage alerts to the detection of specific gases in the atmosphere.
(Source: Microsoft)
Building the Artificial Nose commences with basic hardware components: an off-the-shelf gas sensor and a microcontroller.
The sensors, with the ability to detect gases such as Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Ethyl Alcohol (C2H5OH), and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the surrounding environment, are connected to a microcontroller. This microcontroller is tasked with collecting gas sensor data and feeding it into the AI model.
The Artificial Nose can be customized further with a 3D nose enclosure to house the gas sensor and microcontroller. Leveraging the microcontroller's Wi-Fi module, it can become an IoT Plug and Play device, connecting to platforms like Azure IoT.
This enables real-time alerts and reporting, such as automatic notifications for gas leaks on a factory floor or alerts for spoiled food in a consumer's fridge.
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