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[–] 45 points 6 months ago (3 children)

using invisible ultra sounds in a public space to make everyone smell my farts like an olfactory terrorist

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    When this releases I'm buying a smell gun off Ebay and pointing it at my enemies

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    the device directly targets the olfactory bulb in your brain with "focused ultrasound through the skull"

    Fascinating! I never would have expected this outcome.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Will we finally get Smell-O-Vision?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Never underestimate the value of a college education

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The only real question is can we mod Skyrim to smell like cedar

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    This is really interesting, apparently it's therapeutic for sinus symptoms, too!

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    So they're gonna be shooting ultrasound at me in the cinema so I can smell what The Rock is cooking?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Interesting use. I wonder how safe it is long term, but assume the ultrasonic energy is probably kept low enough that it (presumably) won't lyse cells. I still wonder how it will affect proteins structures, etc or if it will lead to leaking through membranes of cellular structures.

    It reminds me of histotripsy, which was approved for cancer therapy a few years ago. Cool ideas and it seems like the uses of ultrasonication are finally making their way outside of laboratories.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    The news really stinks lately.

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