Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe loea mai ke Kulanui ʻo Aston a me Harper Adams University (Great Britain) i kahi papahana e hana i kahi ʻōnaehana mālama ola olakino hou. E hoʻohana ka ʻenehana hou i nā holomua hou loa i ka photonics a me ka naʻauao hana no ka nānā pono ʻana i nā mea hoʻohui i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e nā mea kanu. phys.org. ʻO kā lākou loiloi e hiki ai i ka ʻōnaehana ke hoʻoholo i ke kūlana o ka mea kanu.
Wahi a ka UN, hoʻopau nā pests mahiʻai i ka 40% o nā mea kanu o ka honua i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO ka pōʻino makahiki mai nā maʻi a me nā pests ke kumu kūʻai o ka hoʻokele honua $ 220 biliona a me $ 70 biliona, kēlā me kēia.
ʻO kahi koho ʻē aʻe i ka mālama ʻana i ka pesticide o nā mea kanu ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana hoʻomalu pest integrated, kahi e mālama ʻia ai ka nānā ʻana i ke kūlana o nā mea kanu me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kemika ʻino. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia kēia ʻano hana.
ʻO kekahi koho ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā sensor electrochemical i kapa ʻia ʻo "electronic noses", akā ʻaʻole pono nā mea hope ma muli o nā pilikia sensitivity, a me ka sensor bias a obsolescence.
ʻAʻohe o ia mau hemahema ka ʻōnaehana hou, no ka mea, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona optical i kālai ʻia e ka naʻauao. Ua loaʻa i ka papahana kahi haʻawina £200.