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The Smell of War

To improve its virtual-reality simulators, the military wants to incorporate smell. For help, it's turning to Hollywood

By James Vlahos Posted 08.01.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Hear more about author James Vlahos's experience in the Army's new smell simulator on the PopSci Podcast.

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