TLDR · SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

SCENT, IN SILICO

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Attention has started turning to using AI to probe the possibility of digitizing smell. Researchers hope that the ability to program smell will illuminate the many mysteries of olfaction. Digital scent could have many practical and quite profitable applications. This article looks at the state of the technology and introduces the various possible avenues for research.