Why mechanical noses are so clever

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Published 2019-11-29

Bioaerosols are a problem but they're a known unknown. We haven't yet characterised them well and we don't know how much of a problem they are. But we do now have some amazing tools to figure it out.

This is the last of 3 videos commissioned by The Eden Project with funding from The Natural Environment Research Council.

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All Comments (21)

@suryanshsrivastava5551 4 years ago

F**king glitter at 3:52
@oafkad 4 years ago

"It's how Mould works." Steve leans into strangers. "I'm already inside you."
@paulmckenzie5155 4 years ago

"Every breath you take" "Every move you make" "I'm inside of you"- mold
@JesusJuenger 4 years ago

1:05 "Unless the person you're exchanging aerosols with has an airborne infection, you'll probably be fine." Ahh the blissful days of 2019...
@Caleb-zj9xi 4 years ago

Bio-aerosols is the word scientists use so they don’t have to say they study dust
@barrettvelker198 4 years ago

Anyone else dissapointed at the clear lack of mechanical noises?
@davidsteninger2278 4 years ago

"F*cking glitter Thetans Stuff" A1 Gold Star. Brilliant.
@doodlebobascending8505 4 years ago

"And you'll leave some of yourself inside the interviewer" Hey, I've seen that video before too!
@toamastar 4 years ago

i dont want to breathe anymore...
@pedroharunari5237 4 years ago

1:23 every breath that I take contains MOULD spores???
@gawayne1374 4 years ago

"I'm oversimplifying the process. I know I say that a lot..." Said every engineer at some point in their life
@isaiahhuerta9505 2 years ago

3:51 I love the way they labeled glitter on the “database of known things” lol
@rayhilchey6706 3 years ago

While chatting with an Medical Doctor friend I remarked that living a farming life must be very healthy outdoor existence. She quickly disabused me of that notion saying that the farmyard was a deathtrap filled with unknown biohazards like pneumonia spores. This is great research information, thanks.
@YounesLayachi 4 years ago

F*cking glitter 😂 I was already laughing, then ... MIDICHLORIANS 😂😂😂
@sweatyspaghetti500 4 years ago

"master what are midichlorians..?" "it's heroin anakin."
@dominicf7304 4 years ago

The "f*cking glitter" at 3:51 on the list of bio areosols had me dying lol!
@justinmiles7801 4 years ago

3:51 “F*cking glitter” Just shows that no matter where you are, glitter will still be around you 😂
@Nono-hk3is 4 years ago

"One gross consequence of the human production of bio-aerosols is that we are constantly taking each other in..." I could not agree more.
@AySz88 4 years ago

3:51 Rusakov particles, dark matter, and Sraf are all synonyms of something called "Dust" in the fantasy/sci-fi His Dark Materials series, recently adapted as a BBC/HBO TV Show. More a ubiquitous pop culture reference in the UK than other countries, but still fairly big in USA and Australia such. Clever, especially since...bio-aerosols are a component of dust.
@rom5285 4 years ago

I wonder how this information fits with the knowledge that, kids that grow up on farms experience fewer allergies as adults. The claim being that, these kids are exposed to a greater number of allergens, thus develop more tolerance to a variety of antigens. Thanks Steve, for a good talk. Very informative.