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Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, System Name: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Fund Type: -, Overall Grant Amount: - (direct: 3200000, indirect: 960000)
Toward establishment of olfactory augmentation technologies as a new modality of human augmentation, we have developed several types of olfactory modulators in this research project. By collecting odor molecules wafting in the air onto the adsorbent, we can increase the concentration of the odor vapor. By presenting this concentrated odor vapor, we can make the user feel as if their olfactory sensitivity is enhanced. The mixing ratio of odor molecules can be modulated by using adsorbents having affinities to different classes of odor molecules. Olfactory perception can be also modulated by presenting thermal and/or wind stimuli to the user even if the same odor is presented. We have fabricated the prototype systems of these olfactory modulators and have experimentally shown their feasibility.