I worked at a company making a project to auto detect poopy diapers (help new parents change them quicker and track schedules — unclear if there's real benefit but anyway). It turned out to be surprisingly hard to differentiate poop from other organic odors, like coffee.

Anyway, I could see better auto olfactory sensors having applications outside of food.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Lol what 🤣

My solution is to send a message of "if it ain't coffee then you got shut to clean"

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

maybe useful in mining or refineries to detect gas leaks etc.