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Oshiorenoya Agabi builds a device that can detect cancer cells and sniff out bombs
With invention is about changing the world's security architecture at the airports and other major place.
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The Silicon Valley-based neurotechnology entrepreneur disclosed this during his talk at the TED Global conference 2017 held in Tanzania.
"One of the problems that plagues us right now is security."
"Explosives have particles and smells coming from the individual and with our device, you can tell, without requiring line of sight or contact. You can scan them at the time at a place of your own choosing and you can get into an aircraft and go about your business," he tells the audience.
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In another interview with the Cable Network News (CNN), he further explains that the device - Koniku Kore, is an amalgam of living neurons and silicon. As a result, its sensors that can detect and recognise smells.
"We merged synthetic neurobiology with traditional silicon technology with the goal of fixing urgent real world problems."
“We think that the processing power that is going to run the robots of the future will be synthetic biology-based and we are laying the foundations for that today," he tells CNN.
Oshiorenoya Agabi had a degree in Physics from University of Lagos, Nigeria. He developed an interest in neuroscience and bio-engineering and had a PhD in the field.
His tech start-up – Koniku, was set-up in 2016 and has raised about $1 million (£800,000) in funding with deals in the global security industry.
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