The world’s first scent teleportation

Osmo researchers have made a breakthrough in the digitization of scents, successfully transmitting scent over a distance for the first time in history. Using artificial intelligence and advanced analysis methods, they were able to convey and reproduce the aroma of a plum, opening up new opportunities for research in the field of digitalization of olfactory sensations.

Osmo, a technology company specializing in the development of artificial intelligence for working with smells, introduced to the world its innovative technology of scent teleportation. In the first experiment, the Osmo team captured and reproduced the scent of a coconut, and later repeated the experiment with a plum, completely digitizing and transmitting the molecules of the smell. The researchers used a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS) system that analyzed the aroma molecules and converted them into data that was uploaded to a cloud-based system. With the help of machine learning algorithms, this data was transferred to the module to reproduce the smell. As a result, the aroma was “printed” in the form of a liquid with the identical smell of a freshly cut plum. The company emphasizes that the entire process — from molecular analysis to reproduction — is automated and does not require human intervention.

Osmo’s odor teleportation project rose to prominence earlier this year, sparking interest in the possibilities of AI and robotics to transmit scents. Osmo’s main technological innovation is their Principle Scent Map, an AI-based model that interprets odor molecules and reproduces them accurately. With each experiment, the team improves the technology, teaching the model to predict the smells of complex compounds and create more complex aromas.

The success of Osmo demonstrates the enormous potential of artificial intelligence technologies and opens up new opportunities for future discoveries. Osmo is currently working on making this technology available, inviting demonstrations and showing how scents can become a new form of information exchange.