The silicon gourmet

Article Abstract:

Several mathematical weighting procedures can be used to extract electrical responses to odors. Neural networks are the general means of determining the nose's subtle discriminations. They are especially effective in assessing complex odors, such as chocolate varieties from vapor of melted candies.

Usage, Computer networks, Innovations, Neural networks, Technology application, Smell, Senses and sensation, Senses

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New world and old: a matter of magnitude

Article Abstract:

The distinction between the old and new world is doubly meaningful because protohumans existed in the old world of Europe, Africa and Asia but have not been discovered in the new world of America and Australia. This makes the sapiens of the old world ten times older than any found in the new ones.

Analysis, Anthropology, Prehistoric, Prehistoric anthropology

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Heavenly objects

Article Abstract:

Two 1993 sky calendars and two books about astronomy are reviewed. The sky calendars, Sky Calendar and EPCOT Sky Calendar, are both published by Abrams Planetarium.

Evaluation, Astronomy, Bibliography, Calendars

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