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SENSOR MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGIES UPDATE: CYRANO SCIENCES CONTINUES TO EXPAND MARKETS FOR E-NOSE SENSORS AND E-NOSE SENSOR NETWORKS.

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Electronic noses, which are comprised of arrays of chemical sensors that are employed in a device to mimic the discrimination capability of the human nose, can offer key advantages over more cumbersome and time-consuming methods of identifying and profiling key chemical or biological substances (including conventional analytical instruments and human sensory panels). Such key benefits of e-nose array-based sensors include lower cost, small and more convenient size, and the ability to provide rapid and widespread sensing and identification of chemical conditions in a particular environment.

During the 1990s, e-nose sensors progressed from largely being an intriguing technology with value-added sensing capabilities to finding emerging and promising real-world applications in diverse areas, such as quality control, industrial process monitoring, medical diagnostics. Moreover, lower-cost e-noses devices and e-nose-based networks with enhanced sensitivity and software are finding key opportunities for use in security and defense applications. E-nose sensing technology that is cost-effective, convenient to operate, readily deployable, and able to provide sufficient precision (coupled with effective pattern recognition software and networking and communications techniques) allows for opening up new applications in distributed chemical sensing networks for homeland security, defense, or industrial/commercial settings.

Cyrano Sciences, Inc. (Pasadena, CA, 626-744-1700) (www.cyranosciences.com)-established in 1997, a key force in the commercialization and market take-up of e-nose sensors-is leveraging its competencies in cost-effective and convenient e-nose chemical sensing arrays, as well as in data interpretation and intelligent sensor networks, to expand beyond the initial industrial and commercial markets for the company's sensors.

Steven Sunshine, president and CEO, noted that Cyrano Sciences is now primarily focusing on developing and commercializing chemical and biological sensing solutions for key defense and homeland security applications, including distributed monitoring. He added that Cyrano has demonstrated the unique capabilities of its sensing and software technologies for such applications; while underscoring that the company continues to support the industrial/commercial markets for its sensors.

To capture market opportunities in the vital and promising areas of homeland security, defense, and distributed monitoring, Cyrano's product platforms have been expanding from commercialized handheld, stand-alone e-nose chemical sensing devices for quality control and process monitoring in industrial/commercial markets to include low-cost, component-level distributed sensors/sensing networks and integrated detection and notification systems. Cyrano is focusing on further reducing the cost of their e-nose sensors and enhancing the intelligent networking capabilities of such...

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