If you’re in San Francisco this week, stop by the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste. While you’re there, check out the “olfactometer” to find out whether your sniffer is up to snuff. It takes 12 minutes to smell 40 difference scents, after which you’ll get a printed profile of your sense of smell. Designed by neuroscientist Lloyd Hastings, the olfactometer is making its debut this week. Hastings hopes to sell the machine to medical labs and specialty clinics.
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