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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Why haven’t we invented a way to record and play back smells?

When are we getting the golden age of smellovision?
When are we getting the golden age of smellovision? Photograph: Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images/iStockphoto

I imagine that a couple of hundred years ago the idea of recording and playing back audio or video was as ridiculous as the idea seems now of recording and playing back odours. So why have we made so much progress at the first but none at the second? Peter Keyston, Newton Blossomville

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