Researchers have developed a wearable system that can detect and recreate smells, moving closer to digital scent transmission for remote communication and other applications.
01Summary
- 01The system uses an AI-powered e-nose to analyse odours and a Scentronic receiver to reproduce them.
- 02The Scentronic comes in wristband, handheld and necklace versions, each with a five-channel piezoelectric atomiser.
- 03In tests with 16 people, the system successfully transmitted and identified five scents: cake, beer, red wine, coffee and oranges.
- 04The study was released on Wednesday by Ohio State University, led by doctoral candidate Chunyu Yang.
- 05Osmo AI uses larger equipment for scent digitisation, while the Scentronic is designed for wearable use.
02Why it matters
This technology could allow you to share smells with distant friends or family in real time, and may also be used in online shopping to smell products before buying them or in healthcare to detect conditions like COVID-19 or hyperosmia.
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