Screen transmitting odors

Researchers at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) created a technology that allows through the screen can smell. The invention has been presented at a conference of the Virtual Reality (IEEE Virtual Reality) in Orlando, USA. The model of such a display that the developers have called Smell-o-vision, is equipped with four fans arranged in the corners of the screen. They sent a man to smell. The technology means that the flavor will come from that specific part of the screen, which is an image of the source of the smell. For example, if the roast chicken is in the lower left corner, its flavor is strongest in this part of the space around displeya.

It is reported that the source of flavor are the special gel capsules, also located at the corners of the screen. Once the display shows the desired image, activated gel capsules, and then fans that direct the flow of air to the right of the screen. Note that while the prototype of the invention is able to feed only one type of odor over time. In the next step of the scientists plan to create special cartridges that will change flavors and extend the life of this "stinky" screen. It is assumed that the displays Smell-o-vision will be widely used in future advertising. Especially effective this technology may be to advertise food, because it smells most strongly stimulate the appetite of people.

Source: mirfactov.com/