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Device records smells to play back later

By Paul Marks

28 June 2006

IMAGINE being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images.

Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of doing just that. Simply point the gadget at a freshly baked cookie, for example, and it will analyse its odour and reproduce it for you using a host of non-toxic chemicals.

“Point the gadget at a freshly baked cookie and it will reproduce the odour”

The device could be used to improve online shopping by allowing you to sniff foods or fragrances before you…

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