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Will your phone one day let you smell as well as see and hear what’s on the other end of a call?

  • Written by Jian Liu, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee
imagePhones that transmit odors seem like a great idea, but careful what you wish for!Teo Mahatmana/iStock via Getty Imagesimage

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