A novel electronic nose to locate victims of mass disaster events

由于气候变化和恐怖主义行为，全球大规模灾害事件的风险正在增加。这些事件发生后最关键的行动是寻找受害者。该提案旨在开发一种电子鼻，能够通过瞄准人体释放的挥发性化学成分来定位活着的和死去的受害者。该项目有望克服当前检测方法的局限性（例如成本、有限的操作时间、在危险情况下的部署限制）。预期的项目成果包括开发创新技术，这些技术将改善全球范围内的大规模灾难恢复，并为人类福利带来重大利益。

The risk of global mass disaster events is increasing due to climate change and acts of terrorism. The most critical action following these events is locating victims. This proposal aims to develop an electronic nose capable of locating living and deceased victims by targeting volatile chemical components emitted from the human body. This project expects to overcome current limitations of current detection methods (e.g. cost, limited operational time, deployment constraints in hazardous scenarios). The expected project outcomes include the development of innovative techniques that will improve mass disaster recovery on a global scale and provide significant benefit to human welfare.