NASA turns iPhone into chemical sniffer

The iPhone – smart phone, multimedia device, portable gaming machine, and now, thanks to the NASA Ames Research Center, a chemical sniffer. That’s right, a NASA researcher took an iPhone and hooked it up with new technology that allows the phone to pick up scents from certain substances.

The iPhone – smart phone, multimedia device, portable gaming machine, and now, thanks to the NASA Ames Research Center, a chemical sniffer. That’s right, a NASA researcher took an iPhone and hooked it up with new technology that allows the phone to pick up scents from certain substances.

The device, developed by NASA researcher Jing Li, is just about the size of your average postage stamp and can collect, process, and transmit sensor data. It’s equipped with 16 nanosensors and can detect substances such as ammonia, chlorine gas, or methane.

This app can be usable not only for the iPhone, but in other mobile phones of similar capabilities as well.

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Via Network World