When was the ENose invented?
The concept of an electronic nose as we understand it now was first reported in 1982 by K. Persaud and G. Dodd at the University of Warwick in Great Britain. Several researchers have worked on electronic noses since then, using several different types of sensors. At JPL, we started working on our ENose in 1995. The 1st Generation JPL ENose, which flew on Space Shuttle STS-95 in 1998, was the first electronic nose which quantified as well as identified target analytes.
