Machine learning can see and hear, but it has barely started to smell. Olfaction is our guide to the chemical world, and digitizing it means understanding how small molecules become percepts. In 2019 we sketched a map of odor space, then spent three years testing it: with human panels smelling new molecules, in the search for mosquito repellents, and against metabolism. Much of what we call flavor is retronasal smell, so food is part of the story too.
Olfaction & Sensory AI
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