Five layers,each with an honest status.
Dark blocks exist as prototypes. Amber blocks are in development. Outlined blocks are planned; dashed blocks are long-term vision. Data flows through planned blocks are not operational today.
From readingto recipe.
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What AI NOSE measures
The response pattern of a gas-sensor array to a sample in a closed chamber, plus time, temperature, humidity, a blank and a reference reading.
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How a scent is represented
As a record that keeps the sensor fingerprint, the conditions, the person’s description and — once created — a blend: proportions across the six ingredients of a compatible device.
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What the AI contributes
It maps language, samples and feedback to candidate blends within the ingredients a device actually holds, and learns from each version people confirm. Public perfume catalogues and olfaction research inform candidate search.
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How the device plays it
The AI Diffuser doses its six ingredients in the stored proportions. A compatibility check runs first: if an ingredient is missing, it says so.
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How it improves
Feedback after each playback — closer, stronger, less sweet — is attached to the record and becomes the brief for the next version.
Can a scent bereproduced? We will measure it.
Pass thresholds are set before each test. Accuracy and reproduction quality have not yet been measured, and TRACE will not publish performance claims until they are.
Baseline
Measure a controlled reference sample and a blank background. Play the same version repeatedly with fixed settings.
Measured: Deviation between reference and output
Correction
AI NOSE samples what the diffuser actually releases; the system adjusts within safe limits and plays again.
Measured: Compared with fixed playback under identical conditions
Retest
Repeat across days, batches and devices. Blind panellists rate similarity and intensity in random order.
Measured: Deviation, blind similarity score, time taken
What still hasto be proven.
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Ingredient coverage
Which reference scents can six ingredients approximate well enough?
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Sensor stability
How stable are readings across devices, batches and days?
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The room
How much do room size, airflow and residue change what people perceive?
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Safe release
Which release rates stay within indoor exposure limits?
Safety first
IFRA-compliant aroma materials, indoor exposure limits and electrical and radio certification are prerequisites for any product release.
Private by default
Formulas and raw sensor data stay private. Sharing grants playback rights only. Training on personal data is opt-in.
Status before claims
Every capability is labelled by status. Demonstrations at events use preset scents and say so.
