Charles Rosendahl, the US Navy officer usually credited with discovering and using the ‘Zeppelin bend’ knot, denied any knowledge of it when asked in an interview. (Zeppelin bend)
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In 2013, a group of researchers from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology unveiled a prototype smelling screen (digital scent technology) to the public at the ACM/IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. (Smelling screen)
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Charles Rosendahl, the US Navy officer usually credited with discovering and using the ‘Zeppelin bend’ knot, denied any knowledge of it when asked in an interview. (Zeppelin bend)