Scent capturing printer could make for some interesting postcards

Chinese designer Li Jingxuan has created a scent capturing printer concept for Sony which has the ability to capture smells before printing them onto paper.

The futuristic system is based around an electronic nose sensor which samples odours before the printer mixes aroma-based inks to create the final smell.

The concept is designed to work with postcards which will emit the smell once a back flap is peeled off, though we wouldn’t want to receive any news from friends visiting a sewage treatment plant anytime soon.

We’re holding out for an even more advanced model which can also print flavoured ink, though you could justifiably argue that at that point, we should just stop being lazy and make ourselves a sandwich.

[via Designboom]

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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