IBM 5 in 5 2012: Smell

Computers will have a sense of smell.



Editor’s note: This 2012 IBM
5-in-5 article is by IBM
Research’s Dr. Hendrik F. Hamann, research manager, physical analytics.





Within the next five years, your mobile device will likely
be able to tell you you’re getting a cold before your very first sneeze.



With every breath, you expel millions of different molecules.
Some of these molecules are