‘Digital smell’ technology could mean you can send smells via online chats, scientists claim | Daily Mail Online
By Chris Mahon,
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Researchers envision a cochlear implant–like device for the nose to give people with impaired olfaction a sense of smell.
Researchers have been able to evoke 10 different virtual smells, including fruity, woody and minty
It’s one of the most evocative senses, and now your sense of smell you be stimulated through odours sent in online chats.
Researchers from the Imagineering Institute in Malaysia have developed ‘digital smell technology’, that could let you send smells online.
Speaking to NBC News, Adrian Cheok, one of the researchers behind the system, said: “It’s not just about the smell.
“It is part of a whole, integrated virtual reality or augmented reality.
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