A company is working to develop coronavirus-odor sensors, while researchers are trying to train dogs to detect the disease by iamsternlicht
The answer is maybe, yes; The U.K. has invested about $600,000 to determine whether drug-sniffing dogs can be trained to smell COVID-19 while a small California-based company has
to bring a machine to market that can detect chemicals, explosives and biological threats like the coronavirus.Ivan Abreu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe U.K.
Meanwhile overseas, San Rafael, California-based Koniku, says it’s engaged in a “quite preliminary” phase with the FDA to bring an odor detection machine to market that may be able to detect coronavirus, CEO and founder Oshiorenoya ‘Osh’ Agabi toldAgabi hopes to launch tests of the technology, which is based on living cells that react with target molecular compounds in the air, in airports by the fourth quarter.
Agabi says people would breathe into a Koniku device before entering the airport, and they would subsequently be granted entry if deemed healthy. He also hopes the device will be used at stadiums, grocery stores and other places where mass gatherings occur.“We feel a sense of obligation to contribute to restoring consumer confidence in the American economy,” said Agabi.
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