AROMASENSORS Project: AUDAX Winner

AROMASENSORS project is the winner of the 1st edition of AUDAX Negócios à Prova.
 Cork oak: New Research

AROMASENSORS applied its method to the study of the cork oak, specially to the protection against the contamination of TCA (2-4-6-Tri-Cloro-Anisol) throughout all stages of production and distribution of the product. AROMASENSORS obtained very significant results and initiated the development of the new control method for the cork oak that will allow to detect quickly the contamination by TCA... (read more)

 Biological fruit: Research Cycle 2007

After the budding phase and before the beginning of the harvests of 2007 AROMASENSORS initiated the joint work with the producers of the biological fruit applying its method to establish more rigid norms to quality control of the fruit. The main attention is dedicated to the quality control of the fruit that grows in the proximity of the highways and the study of dependence between the quality of fruit and the altitude of the orchard where the fruit was created... (read more)

 START: National Premium for Business

AROMASENSORS is one of the 8 finalists selected from 509 candidates to the National Start Premium of Business Innovation, organized by Microsoft, BPI and Universidade Nova de Lisboa... (read more)

 EMPREENDA'06: Idea & Venture Event

AROMASENSORS is one of the companies selected to present its innovative project in Empreenda'06. Promoted by IAPMEI, to be held December 6th, 2006 at the Lisbon Congress Centre, is an Idea & Venture event that aims to put together venture capitalists and entrepreneurs having an excellent scientific, technological and management expertise presenting their fast growth business ideas. (read more)

 TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY Digital Sensors Available

AROMASENSORS presents new cost effective high precision hand-held Temperature & Humidity digital Sensors suitable for Agricultural, Food Industry, Wood Industry, Housebuilding Enterprises, Architect, Depot, Farmer, Housing Management and many others. We provide large range of the models applied to humidity control in industry and for home-use... (read more).

 INFAIMON Partnership for upcoming challenges

AROMASENSORS and INFAIMON (Portugal) have started a technological partnership for the development of new instruments based on AROMASENSORS unique process of fruit quality monitoring through aroma luminescence. This new devices will incorporate INFAIMON components and will make use of this company expertise on artificial vision for the introduction of new features on AROMASENSORS instrumentation.

Articles/References

Fruit Fantastic (New Scientist)

Spectra Determine Fruit Ripeness (Photonics)

Red Luminescence of the Aroma of Fruits at Their Surface: Possible Interpretation (Colloides e Interfases)

About Visualization of the Aroma of Fruits (Sensors and Actuators)

Monitoring of the Aroma of Fruits at Their Surface by Luminescence (SpringerLink)

Our sensor is the world's first sensor to indicate the freshness of fruit by using it's aroma luminescence.

The volatile compounds are responsible for the aroma luminescence under the light excitation of the fruit. The detection and spectral analysis of this luminescence enables complete characterization of the volatile compounds involved.

This luminescence signature constitutes a fundamental information of each fruit species and maturation state. With this knowledge it is possible to characterize the maturation/ageing state of each fruit, in vivo and in real time.

Patent Nº 103290 under license of Coimbra University. (Inventors: Alexander A. Kharlamov, Hugh D. Burrows)

By monitoring the aroma luminescence of fruit that is still in the tree or in-strore after harvesting and comparing with the traditional parameters, the ripeness/aging patterns are defined for each fruit variety.

Ripe fruit can be instantly recognised.

Several kinds of fruits have no visible changes during ripening and the visible signs of biochemical evolution can be different for each fruit variety.

The lack of knowledge about the ripeness can be a barrier to purchase. Our sensors completely eliminate those problems by giving precise information on the ripeness of any specific fruit.