In agriculture, livestock farming, fisheries, and recycling settings, a wide range of challenges arise—from odor issues and damage caused by wildlife to difficulties in feeding fish. By applying the functional power of scent, we work to address these challenges in ways that are closely connected to everyday life—softening unpleasant odors, guiding animal behavior, and supporting more natural feeding behavior in fish.
Strong odors are often unavoidable in places such as livestock facilities and composting sites. To address this, we design scent combinations that soften the overall odor impression and help limit the spread of unpleasant smells into surrounding areas. These approaches help reduce the burden on both workers and nearby communities.
Some scents attract animals, while others encourage avoidance. By drawing on these properties, we develop scent-based approaches that help keep animals away from crops or guide them to designated locations. For example, scent can be used to guide wild boars toward vaccine delivery points, facilitating more efficient vaccine uptake and helping reduce damage related to livestock farming.
In aquaculture, fish may have difficulty noticing feed or may show weak feeding responses. We utilize scents that stimulate feeding behavior, helping fish detect and approach feed more easily. This helps promote more consistent fish growth and improves efficiency in aquaculture operations.
Livestock environments can easily become difficult places to work because of strong odors. By using scent to soften how those odors are perceived, we help create conditions that are more manageable for workers and less burdensome for the surrounding environment.
Distinctive odors can arise during the sewage treatment process. By combining scents in ways that moderate odor perception while helping reduce their spread, we contribute to more comfortable working environments and lower impact on nearby areas.
Damage caused by wild animals can have serious impacts on agricultural production and local communities. Using the properties of scent, we create environments that discourage animals from approaching or guide them to designated areas, contributing to the reduction of such damage.
In aquaculture, difficulty in detecting feed can lead to uneven growth. By using scents that encourage feeding behavior and serve as cues for detection, we help support more stable growth and greater operational efficiency.
Recycled resins can retain distinctive odors, making them difficult to use depending on the application. By applying scent technology to suppress these odors, we improve usability and help enhance the value of recycled materials.
Rather than simply eliminating strong odors, this technology changes how odors are perceived by combining different scents. When multiple odors are present, people do not perceive each one equally. By leveraging this characteristic, we design fragrances that make unpleasant odors less noticeable.
Meix SK-3 is a technology that uses scent to create triggers that help fish notice, approach, and consume feed. Because scent plays a particularly important role underwater, carefully designed scent combinations can make it easier for fish to detect feed. Through scent design, this technology aims to draw out natural feeding behavior.
We study scent concepts based on aromas known to deter specific insects. By designing them with both effectiveness and everyday usability in mind, we develop proposals that can be integrated naturally into living environments and help ease everyday nuisances.