A US tech firm has raised $ 3.2 m in seed funding to help develop olfactory sensors that can turn smells into real - time data for use in connected devices . The company , founded in 2014 by students from MIT , has patented gas - sensing technology that can be used to detect a large number of compounds . Potential applications for the technology include monitoring the freshness of food products and detecting toxic gases . The funding round 's investors include The Company , a company established at MIT to invest in tech start - ups .
A US tech firm has raised $3.2m in seed funding to help develop olfactory sensors that can turn smells into real-time data for use in connected devices. The company, founded in 2014 by scientists from MIT, has patented gas-sensing technology that can be used to detect a large number of compounds. Potential applications for the technology include monitoring the freshness of food products and detecting toxic gases. The funding round's investors include The Engine, a company established at MIT to invest in tech start-ups.