Tag: SMELL

Truthfully, there's just not enough work being done in the area of advanced underpants, so we're absolutely elated to hear that textile experts at Japan Women's University in Tokyo are picking up the slack and moving forward with an amazing development. Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to live on the International Space Station, is current testing the "odor-free" clothing, and it's ...

Here's an interesting one. A group of US experts have discovered that a common form of skin cancer could one day be detected very early on by simply analyzing scents. More specifically, it was found that basal cell carcinomas give off an odor that is distinctly different than samples from healthy skin, which obviously opens up the possibility for "cheap and painless testing." In the future, ...

Scientists are developing an electronic nose that could be used in a myriad of situations to detect drugs, bombs and other nasty stuff. The invention could spell the end for sniffer dogs, who may become obsolete once this flashy new technology hits the market. The electronic nose, or 'doggy dream killer,' as we like to call it, will be able to sense a "smell at extremely low concentrations ...

We're not even going to front -- some seriously bizarre air conditioning-related gizmos have emerged from the great nation of Japan. The latest concoction to deal with heat wave side effects actually has nothing to do with keeping folks cool; rather, AOKI's deodorant suits are designed to keep businessmen suffering from Hyperhidrosis adequately fresh. Most of the details are lost in (machine) ...

Apparently July is a hot month for ad trials in Japan, as just weeks after a number of 65-inch digital posters were installed in a Tokyo train station, in flies word that yet another consumer-luring installation is being tested. Recruit and NTT Communications are delivering Scent-emitting LCD Display Systems to an underground mall in the heart of Japan, each of which rely on a 42-inch LCD and a ...

"Listen -- you smell something?" That's one of Dan Ackroyd's classic lines in 'Ghostbusters'. Imagine if you could actually smell what he was smelling. You don't have to imagine any more, because Boston artist Megan Dickerson has added the missing scent to films such as the aforementioned as well as a few others. Using scented oils and fans, she has already put on showings of 'Willy Wonka & ...

'Short Circuit' star Johnny Five and his robot ilk inched one step closer to being alive today. When it comes to replicating human senses in machines, scent is the hardest -- something British researchers at the University of Warwick and Leicester University have been struggling with as they attempt to create a better artificial nose for sniffing out bombs and toxic pollutants. The answer, it ...