People stopping to smell the roses can now take that sweet fragrance home with them or even send it to a friend far away -- thanks to a new Japanese gadget that records and replicates odors.
The device, developed by scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology, analyzes smells with 15 sensors, records their composition digitally and reproduces them by mixing 96 chemicals and vaporizing the result.
Creator Takamichi Nakamoto said the technology will have applications in food and fragrance industries, where companies are always on the lookout for ways to re-create smells.