> A team at the University of Tokyo created a special device that can deliver 10 diverse odors in a way that is accurate and timely
I've always wondered how far off we are from being able to "3D print" tastes and smells. I had a machine learning professor tell me that chemoreception is the only sense that can't be decomposed into "eigensmells" or "eigentastes" - not sure if that still holds true today.
They don't talk about the mechanics of this machine, but my guess is it just emits ten unique chemical compounds, rather than doing any kind of mixing.
I've always wondered how far off we are from being able to "3D print" tastes and smells. I had a machine learning professor tell me that chemoreception is the only sense that can't be decomposed into "eigensmells" or "eigentastes" - not sure if that still holds true today.
They don't talk about the mechanics of this machine, but my guess is it just emits ten unique chemical compounds, rather than doing any kind of mixing.