Inching closer to smell-o-vision: Are you ready for random access aromas? Because an international team of researchers, backed by Samsung, has created "An X-Y Addressable Matrix Odor-Releasing System Using an On-Off Switchable Device." The device itself is pretty clever, with a set of addressable heating wires running through a polymer that encapsulates various aromas. Heat the right combination, and the scent of pizza gently wafts away from the device. But the accompanying press release makes it clear that Samsung was interested in the device so that it could match the olfactory environment to whatever is appearing on a screen, be it large (TV) or small (cell phone—seriously?).
Traumatic brain injuries in (fictitious) ancient Gaul: American readers may not be familiar with the Asterix comic books, which are set in Roman-occupied Gaul, but the Neurosurgery department of the Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf now knows all 34 of them well. That's because they scanned them for indications of traumatic brain injury, and came up with a whopping 704 instances, about 20 per book. Almost all of them resulted from assaults, primarily assaults by Gauls who targeted Romans. Most of the victims (70 percent) had been taking reasonable precautions (wearing a military helmet), but ended up losing their protective gear prior to the assault. The Gauls, notably, were engaged in doping prior to the assault, availing themselves of a banned substance called a "magic potion."
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