In recent years, technology has evolved at a fast pace and at the moment we are on the verge of having iPhone accessories that are able to detect smells and tastes. Such a new accessory it's developed in the USA, he can perceive pleasant or unpleasant smells from the environment, but he will be able to detect even the tastes of food and not only that. The technology behind this product is, in theory, more advanced than anything else on the market, the sensors in the iPhone accessory being 4 times more than those in the human nose, the sensor's perception capacity approaching that of a dog.
A computer can easily identify a chemical in the air, but put a bunch of them together and it's stumped. For instance, humans can tell when there's pizza and chocolate chip cookies in the same room. Computers have a harder time with that. The sense of smell he's developed is pretty sophisticated, too, he says. The average human nose has about 400 "sensors" that pick out various chemicals in the air and identify them (like knowing what pizza smells like). Adamant's tech has about 2,000 sensors, which is akin to a dog's nose, Khamis explained.
The iPhone accessory will be available on the market in a maximum of 2 years, it will have a price of up to $100 and theoretically it should be an advanced technology for the years 2014/2015. The developers of the accessory say that users could use it mainly to "check" their breathing, for metabolic purposes, or even for medical purposes.
"Halitosis, or bad breath tracking, is something we're really interested in," he laughs. It's the kind of thing that not even "your best friend will tell you." The app will not only warn you, but tell you what caused it, he says. Other planned apps include realtime metabolic tracking, meaning telling you exactly how many calories you are burning at any given moment. He also sees breathalyzer apps that can monitor medical conditions, like diabetes, or test blood alcohol.
