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  1. Good news / bad news

    Good news! 🐕 Dogs can be trained to sniff out many diseases, as shown years ago but hey now it's in the news again! goodnewsnetwork.org/dogs-in-uk

    Bad news! Now that it's been proven to be very cheap and highly effective, it will be ignored as a useful tech, as happened with the last diseases dogs were trained to detect.

    (COVID-sniffing dogs at workplaces, schools and border crossings! They could be the fluffiest of swiss cheese layers!! 🐶 )

    h/t @carrieberry and @edintone

    #dogs #technology #scent #sniffTest #VeryGoodDogs #COVID #Parkinsons #Cancer

  2. Smell Your Way Out of the Uncanny Valley - In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable devic... - wired.com/story/scentient-smel #business/startups #snifftest #business

  3. This Startup Is Using AI to Unearth New Smells - Google Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tec... - wired.com/story/this-startup-i #science/biotech #snifftest #science