Scientists have developed a technology that allows the transmission of smells over long distances. The new development of scientists does not exactly solve this problem, but it takes a serious step in this direction. A team of scientists from Ohio State University has developed a technology based on an "electronic nose" - a device that detects certain odors in one place and then instructs a small device to regenerate and release the corresponding aroma molecules elsewhere. The idea is to add smells to the visual and audio information we already share at a distance, and make these experiences deeper, - explained Chunyu Yang, the lead author of the study. The researchers named their odor synthesis system Centroni. This is how the "electronic nose" works, which we have already written about, uses an array of gas sensors to detect chemical compounds associated with different smells. The AI ​​model then classifies the aromas it has been trained to recognize (so far these are beer, pastries, coffee, oranges and red wine) and passes the aroma information to the aroma generator. This, in turn, releases vapors of the desired scent in a new location. The device itself does not take up much space. The diameter of the "electronic nose" is 15 centimeters. The scent generator is even smaller and fits, for example, on a necklace or bracelet (demonstration version in the picture). Due to the fact that the device can only transmit five scents so far, the researchers say they chose scents with different profiles for the demonstration. At the same time, it is still possible to create a wider scent library, they say.

Scientists have developed a technology that allows the transmission of smells over long distances. The new development of scientists does not exactly solve this problem, but it takes a serious step in this direction. A team of scientists from Ohio State University has developed a technology based on an "electronic nose" - a device that detects certain odors in one place and then instructs a small device to regenerate and release the corresponding aroma molecules elsewhere. The idea is to add smells to the visual and audio information we already share at a distance, and make these experiences deeper, - explained Chunyu Yang, the lead author of the study. The researchers named their odor synthesis system Centroni. This is how the "electronic nose" works, which we have already written about, uses an array of gas sensors to detect chemical compounds associated with different smells. The AI ​​model then classifies the aromas it has been trained to recognize (so far these are beer, pastries, coffee, oranges and red wine) and passes the aroma information to the aroma generator. This, in turn, releases vapors of the desired scent in a new location. The device itself does not take up much space. The diameter of the "electronic nose" is 15 centimeters. The scent generator is even smaller and fits, for example, on a necklace or bracelet (demonstration version in the picture). Due to the fact that the device can only transmit five scents so far, the researchers say they chose scents with different profiles for the demonstration. At the same time, it is still possible to create a wider scent library, they say.