Digital scent device for anosmia recovery

在这个项目中，我们将开发并商业化我们的数字气味设备，该设备将用于追踪嗅觉丧失的恢复情况——一个人失去嗅觉，影响他们的生活质量甚至安全。我们的设备将能够产生非常精确和可变强度的气味，让用户体验并记录他们区分气味的能力。用不同气味强度定期记录这些数据，用户可以密切监测自己的恢复进度，并向医生提出任何问题。与现有的非侵入性方法相比，这带来了巨大的好处，因为每次用户测试他们的嗅觉能力时，都遵循一个强大的、可测量的和可重复的过程，消除了与当前方法相关的许多不确定性和不规则性。在6个月的时间里，我们将开发一个最小可行的产品，包括产生气味的硬件和软件，以控制每种不同气味的强度。该设备将由一组用户进行测试，以收集技术数据和用户体验反馈，这些反馈将在项目结束前采取行动。我们还将与医疗专业人员合作，确定和开发最适合嗅觉丧失恢复的气味。到2023年3月，我们将有一个完整的商业化和未来的融资战略，使我们能够充分利用这一新的收入来源，并计划在未来扩展到其他市场。

During this project we will be developing and commercialising our digital scent device which will be used for tracking anosmia recovery - a condition where a person loses their sense of smell which affects their quality of life and even safety. Our device will be capable of producing scents with very precise and variable intensity for the user to experience and record their ability to distinguish the smell. Recording this data regularly with varying scent intensities will allow the user to closely monitor their recovery progress and raise any issues with their doctor. This brings major benefits when compared to existing non-invasive methods by following a robust, measurable and repeatable process every time the user tests their ability to smell, removing many of the uncertainties and irregularities associated with the current methods.Over the course of 6 months we will develop a minimum viable product consisting of the scent-generating hardware and software to control the intensity of each different scent. This device will be tested by a group of users to gather both technical data and user experience feedback that will be acted upon before the end of the project. We will also work with medical professionals to determine and develop scents to use with our device which are best suited for anosmia recovery.By March 2023 we will have a full commercialisation and future funding strategy in place, allowing us to fully exploit this new revenue stream, and plan for expanding into other markets in the future.