ROSE

Digital Olfaction Module to restore smell for those with olfactory loss.

Partial or total loss of smell (hyposmia/anosmia) affects 20 % of the world population with harmful effects on quality of life. However, while scientists have developed prostheses and implants for other sensory deficits, no devices as yet exist that restore olfactory capacity as scientific knowledge linking artificial systems to human biological olfaction is scarce. The EU-funded Rose project will generate new segments of knowledge to be combined for the construction of a final proof of concept, the Digital Olfaction Module (DOM). DOM will enable people with loss of smell to perceive their olfactory environment. In the domain of sensory prostheses, the project will provide stepwise innovation that was previously unfathomed.