Tag: SCENT

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, ...

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 & ...