Smell

Science

How The World Looks Through The Noses And Muzzles Of Critters

12:20PM August 23, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

Ever wonder how your dog’s sense of smell is so sensitive that he knows you’re coming from a mile away, but he still loves to roll around in rotting dead carcasses? More »


Gadgets

The Aroma Lid Makes Your Coffee Smell And Taste Great

2:37PM August 5, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Coffee from your favourite doughnut shop has a problem. It doesn’t taste as good as it should because the lid traps in the wonderful aroma. Taste is 95 per cent smell, so you’re really missing out. More »


Science

Scientists Might Finally Get Smell-O-Vision Right

2:32AM June 18, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

How would you like it if your TV could fart? It sounds absurd, but that’s what’s on the table with Samsung’s latest revival of the Smell-O-Vision concept. And this time the tech looks real enough that it might actually happen. More »


Gadgets

Would You Give Up Your Sense Of Smell Before You Gave Up Tech?

11:00AM May 27, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

In a survey of 7000 16-to-30-year-olds, a not-entirely-surprising 53 per cent chose tech over their sense of smell. Most of us here at Giz picked tech, since we’d obviously be massively unemployed without it. When we put the question to you on Twitter, most of you agreed with us, though our readers might not be the most impartial audience. More »


Geek Out

You Can Scratch And Sniff The Moon

12:00PM October 11, 2010 | Casey Chan

This is a scratch and sniff print that resembles the smell of the moon. So what does the moon smell like? Apparently like gunpowder, according to Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke. More »


Gadgets

The Origins Of That New Gadget Smell

10:20AM October 6, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Recently I found myself asking someone why the hell his company’s new product stinks so much that I want to leap out of my second floor window. Insulted by my question or not, he explained that new gadget smell. More »


Science

Frog Cells Give Artificial Noses The Power Of Super Smell

12:00PM August 24, 2010 | Paul Marks - New Scientist

Science

Computer Supermaterial Could Stop Your Shoes Smelling

9:09PM August 2, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Graphene has been heralded as the new supermaterial of our time. It possesses incredible strength and elasticity, while its exceptionally high conductivity and use in flexible semiconductors could soup up computing. More »


Scenter Smell Memory System Is Bound To Be Misused

12:48AM February 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

I love Scenter, a system that allows you to bring back memories using smells, which is a more evocative agent than sight or sound. There are only two problems with this. More »


Mobile

Scent Text Messaging Patented: Get Ready to Smell Farts from 3,000 Miles Away

2:45AM May 2, 2008 | Adam Frucci

Uh oh. A couple of companies in Germany have patented technology that enables sending scented text messages between phones. You know what this means: bring on the fart messages.

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