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I work for Owlstone Medical as a software engineer, so ask me any questions and I'll try to answer as best I can. Also, we're hiring! https://www.owlstonemedic

I work for Owlstone Medical as a software engineer, so ask me any questions and I'll try to answer as best I can. Also, we're hiring! https://www.owlstonemedical.com/about/careers/ https://www.owlstonemedical.com/about/careers/

HaoZeke 9y ago
I wanted to ask about your methods of modelling multi component diffusion. Also do the machines use the psychophysical aspects of headspace for smell analysis? I'm working on molecular models for complex perfume models. Hit me up if you have any answers please. HaoZeke@yandex.com
afarrell 9y ago
Any chance you might come out with a model that detects body odor or mouth odor? Given them mentions of cancer in this thread, do you already have in place a policy to avoid accidentally advertising a cancer cure in the UK (which is illegal)?
- jdiez17 9y ago
  >Any chance you might come out with a model that detects body odor or mouth odor? Very unlikely in the short to mid-term. While it would be possible to gather enough data to train the algorithms to detect mouth or body odours, our chemical analysers are not yet practical for hand-held use. We're working on that though. >do you already have in place a policy to avoid accidentally advertising a cancer cure in the UK (which is illegal)? We're developing a lung cancer screening test meant to be administered in a primary or secondary point of care, so it's not something that could be advertised as a cancer cure. Even if our test came back as positive, the patient would be referred for a CT scan or similar. The idea is to have a non-invasive test to increase the compliance rate and detect the cancer earlier. That alone increases the chance of survival quite dramatically.
  - lawnchair_larry 9y ago
    Interesting. I'd imagine that you could make a killing off of the personal hygiene market and use that as a source of funding for the medical applications.
flyoverlabs 9y ago
Thanks. How does your tech work? Very interesting.
mentos 9y ago
I dream of a future where a sensor can detect from your urine/blood/bowel movement wether you have cancer or some disease. Imagine a push notification to your phone that says you have a 82% chance of having hepatitis or something. Do you think that could ever be a reality?
- easilyBored 9y ago
  That would be great and totally possible. Disease changes your body and your kidneys, among other organs, will know it.
jonwachob91 9y ago
Are you using a variant of LSPR or SERS?

HaoZeke 9y ago

I wanted to ask about your methods of modelling multi component diffusion. Also do the machines use the psychophysical aspects of headspace for smell analysis? I'm working on molecular models for complex perfume models. Hit me up if you have any answers please. HaoZeke@yandex.com

afarrell 9y ago

Any chance you might come out with a model that detects body odor or mouth odor? Given them mentions of cancer in this thread, do you already have in place a policy to avoid accidentally advertising a cancer cure in the UK (which is illegal)?

jdiez17 9y ago
>Any chance you might come out with a model that detects body odor or mouth odor? Very unlikely in the short to mid-term. While it would be possible to gather enough data to train the algorithms to detect mouth or body odours, our chemical analysers are not yet practical for hand-held use. We're working on that though. >do you already have in place a policy to avoid accidentally advertising a cancer cure in the UK (which is illegal)? We're developing a lung cancer screening test meant to be administered in a primary or secondary point of care, so it's not something that could be advertised as a cancer cure. Even if our test came back as positive, the patient would be referred for a CT scan or similar. The idea is to have a non-invasive test to increase the compliance rate and detect the cancer earlier. That alone increases the chance of survival quite dramatically.
- lawnchair_larry 9y ago
  Interesting. I'd imagine that you could make a killing off of the personal hygiene market and use that as a source of funding for the medical applications.

flyoverlabs 9y ago

Thanks. How does your tech work? Very interesting.

mentos 9y ago

I dream of a future where a sensor can detect from your urine/blood/bowel movement wether you have cancer or some disease. Imagine a push notification to your phone that says you have a 82% chance of having hepatitis or something. Do you think that could ever be a reality?

easilyBored 9y ago
That would be great and totally possible. Disease changes your body and your kidneys, among other organs, will know it.

jonwachob91 9y ago

Are you using a variant of LSPR or SERS?