Koniku’s technology combines computer chips with living biological neurons to give computers power to detect odors
Airbus will install Koniku’s Konikore; a small device that looks like a jellyfish.
The device is able to perform the bomb-sniffing roles that have come to be associated with police dogs. In the best conditions, Konikores are expected to detect substances within 10 seconds.
But Konikore’s pioneering features that make aircraft security possible could be applied in healthcare for disease detection. The company says the technology is being adapted for COVID-19 and future diseases.
Koniku’s technology combines traditional computer cells with living biological neurons to give computers power to detect odors. The living cells are ethically sourced from mice. For each disease, the Konikore will aim to detect a defined set of biomarkers that are most closely associated with the disease.
Koniku was founded in 2017 by Oshiorenoya Agabi, a Nigerian-born scientist who now runs the company’s team of engineers in Silicon Valley. Agabi is convinced that as the age of silicon wanes, it is inevitable that technologies of the future will be built by harnessing the powers of biology.
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