acco ▁and ▁c uc umber ▁vir uses ) ▁in ▁a ▁specific , ▁rapid ▁( 1 – 2 ▁minutes ), ▁reprodu cible , ▁and ▁cost - efficient ▁fashion . ▁The ▁method ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁detection ▁of ▁environmental ▁to x ins , ▁such ▁as ▁p estic ides ▁and ▁my cot ox ins ▁in ▁food , ▁and ▁ 2 , 4 , 6 - tr ich lor o an is ole ▁in ▁c ork ▁and ▁wine , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁determ ination ▁of ▁very ▁low ▁concentr ations ▁of ▁the ▁super ox ide ▁an ion ▁in ▁clin ical ▁samples . ▁ ▁A ▁B ER A ▁sensor ▁has ▁two ▁parts : ▁ ▁The ▁consum able ▁bi ore c ogn ition ▁elements ▁The ▁electronic ▁read - out ▁device ▁with ▁embedded ▁artificial ▁intelligence . ▁ ▁A ▁recent ▁advance ▁is ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁technique ▁called ▁mole cular ▁identification ▁through ▁memb rane ▁engineering ▁( M IME ). ▁This ▁technique ▁allows ▁for ▁building ▁cells ▁with ▁defined ▁specific ity ▁for ▁virt ually ▁any ▁mole c ule ▁of ▁interest , ▁by ▁embedding ▁thousands ▁of ▁artificial ▁re cept ors ▁into ▁the ▁cell ▁memb rane . ▁ ▁Comput ational ▁electro phys i ology ▁▁ ▁While ▁not ▁strictly ▁const itut ing ▁an ▁experimental ▁measurement , ▁methods ▁have ▁been ▁developed ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁conduct ive ▁properties ▁of ▁prote ins ▁and ▁bi om emb ran es ▁in ▁sil ico . ▁These ▁are ▁mainly ▁mole cular ▁dynamics ▁simulations ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁model ▁system ▁like ▁a ▁li pid ▁bil ayer ▁is ▁subject ed ▁to ▁an ▁extern ally