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We Induced Smells With Ultrasound

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Re: We Induced Smells With Ultrasound

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Post by DrewADesign »

a-dub wrote: post #6

that's an interesting mix of smells. i can't help but wonder if it's resulting from stimulation or the sensing of byproducts of the process itself.

If they’re using enough ultrasound energy to create a physical reaction inside the subjects head strong enough to smell like a burning camp fire, I can’t imagine they’d survive long enough to report it. Maybe I’m misunderstanding your implication?

Re: We Induced Smells With Ultrasound

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Post by m_kos »

robrain wrote: post #22
krackers wrote: post #7

I'd maybe make a hypothesis that a large portion of the space is "bad" smelling stuff: smoke or garbage. When people had covid-induced parosmia, it almost always seemed to be bad smelling stuff.

Still have it, intermittently. A sort of nameless-but-familiar "chemical" smell that comes and goes, along with any sense of taste. That is, I have bad days with no taste, just a chemical smell. Other days I have a pretty good sense of smell, generally with a good sense of taste. Intriguingly some of the really unpleasant smells never get through to me - I could probably work at a sewage works now. Worryingly I have…

There has been promising work on olfactory training, which you can do very inexpensively at home. If you can, I would consider seeing any ENT first to rule out polyps, etc.

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Post by arcanemachiner »

amarant wrote: post #21
comrade1234 wrote: post #12

I predict a future where once again porn is the cutting edge with a cutting edge technology. porn + vr + smell

You're getting downvoted, likely for prudish reasons, but in all seriousness it doesn't seem unlikely that you're right. The porn industry has historically been very quick to adopt new technologies, it's easy to see how this could benefit that industry, so it's a logical enough conclusion to draw. They'll very likely be the first commercial application of this, once viable.

I assume the reasons are more visceral than prudish. I don't think I would want to know what a porno set would smell like.

This is coming from a place of physical discontent, not moral discontent.

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Post by xboxnolifes »

arcanemachiner wrote: post #36
amarant wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're getting downvoted, likely for prudish reasons, but in all seriousness it doesn't seem unlikely that you're right. The porn industry has historically been very quick to adopt new technologies, it's easy to see how this could benefit that industry, so it's a logical enough conclusion to draw. They'll very likely be the first commercial application of this, once viable.

I assume the reasons are more visceral than prudish. I don't think I would want to know what a porno set would smell like. This is coming from a place of physical discontent, not moral discontent.

It doesnt have to smell like the porno set. They could choose any smell that stimulates arousal.
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