Posted by: ScentAir on: November 17, 2008
The aim is to prepare soldiers for what they might encounter when first posted overseas.
“There’s a lot of reports coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan that when the troops get out there they’re completely overwhelmed by the sights, the sounds and certainly the smells,” said Prof Stone.
So now he and his team are adding the whiff of authenticity to their computer training simulations.
They use a “Scent Palette” – a machine the size of a shoe box.
Each individual scent comes in its own pot and is loaded into the machine. Then, at the right moment, compressed air and a fan do the rest.