The sense of smell is a mostly underestimated superpower - an invisible but powerful navigator that guides us through everyday life without us consciously realising it. In the animal world, many species achieve amazing things with their extraordinary noses: they can detect food sources over long distances, analyse emotions down to the smallest detail and recognise serious illnesses by body odour alone, even before symptoms become visible.
The interdisciplinary research project "Olfactorial Perceptronics" in Dresden and Jena, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, has begun to translate this biological masterpiece into technological applications.
The exhibition, which is based on this project, shows how scientists from materials research, nanotechnology, medicine and psychology are working together on the future of the electronic nose.
In cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden, the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
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Exhibition dates
Opening: The future of smelling – From the nose to smelling machines
Interactive science exhibition in the showcase of research
With
- Prof Dr Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Professor of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at TU Dresden
- Prof. Dr Thomas Hummel, Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Smell and Taste, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
- Prof Dr Ilona Croy, Head of the Chair of Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Registration at service@museen-dresden.de