Getting the smell of coffee, the perfume appears

US scientists say they can capture the original flavor of the image thanks to a special ink.

Coffee Starbuck analysis, Folgers, 8'Clock. Photo: Sciencepunk

Researcher Kenneth Suslick and colleagues at the University of Illinois have made polymer films, which contain 36 dyes, which contain discolored pigments when exposed to different chemicals. This is the first time that scientists have been able to convert smells into colors.

Kenneth Suslick's 17-year-old son, Benjamin Suslick, relied on the study to analyze the smell of coffee.

The encoding of the Starbuck, Folgers, 8'Clock coffee brewing formulas in the form of photographs containing the dots is in Benjamin's hands.

However, the results of the University of Illinois researchers will not stop there. The team's research promises to be put into use in accident warning systems for laboratories, chemical plants, ... where there is the possibility of leakage of toxic gases or breaking down the secret of mixing. world famous perfume.