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[-] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] ascend@lemmy.radio 6 points 2 weeks ago

It malfunctions* and their brains turns to goop

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

They're my enemies; this is welcome

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

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

Fascinating! I never would have expected this outcome.

[-] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago

The implications make me so uncomfortable.

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Don't worry about that. Now, how can we use smells to advertise Raid: Shadow Legends?

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

Will we finally get Smell-O-Vision?

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Never underestimate the value of a college education

[-] LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

I want to know what Hermaeus Mora smells like

[-] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week 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.

[-] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

The news really stinks lately.

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