Smell camera“If a dog can smell it, we can," said Agabi, who describes the Konicore as a “smell camera." He imagines the technology could be useful far beyond bombs and diseases.
For example, he said, it could digitize the taste of food, allowing for the synthetic recreation of things like bacon.Koniku’s merger of biology and computing technology — often termed “wetware" — is a growing field.
The company’s investors include Softbank, Platform Capital, Halfcourt Ventures, Changi Airport and Airbus’s venture-capital arm.Koniku has hired Treximo, a biotech consulting and project management company, to conduct its trials for SARS-CoV-2.