5 Senses - Taste

Taste


Our sense of taste comes from the taste buds on our tongue, which is only able to detect four flavours: salt, sweet, sour and bitter. The combination of these four basic flavours along with texture and temperature, allows us to identify the whole range of tastes we encounter during our lives.


The sense of taste is illustrated using an image of a tongue and the stamp is printed on paper with strawberry flavoured gum to tickle your taste buds.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on stamp paper with strawberry flavoured gum. Incorporates smart technology.


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Touch


Our sense of touch is spread throughout our bodies through nerve endings on the skin and other areas. Like taste, just four sensations are detected: contact, heat, cold and pain. Unsurprisingly, the greatest concentration of nerve endings is to be found on our fingertips. The touch stamp features a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink.


The sense of touch is illustrated using an image of a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink. When touched, this tactile friendly hand changes colour at 25°C, thus demonstrating the power and importance of touch in our daily lives.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and thermochromic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


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Sight


Sight is probably our most important sense and the one we generally use the most on a day-to-day basis. Light enters the eye through the cornea - the clear front 'window' of the eye. A lens then focuses the light onto the retina. Cells in the retina known as rods and cones detect the light and convert it into an electric signal that is relayed to the brain via the optic nerve. The brain then processes the signals into the 3D images we see.


The sense of sight is illustrated using an image of an eye and was printed on special transparent paper to illustrate the clarity sight gives us.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on transparent paper. Incorporates smart technology.


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Hearing


Sound is perceived through a complex system which begins with our outer ear collecting sounds and relaying them to the tympanic membrane or eardrum. From there, the vibrations are transmitted along three of the smallest bones in the human body - the malleus, incus and stapes, collectively known as the ossicles - to the cochlea. The cochlea then translates the vibrations into sound and sends the information to the brain via the auditory nerve. The brain combines the information from the two ears to determine the direction sound is coming from.


The sense of hearing is illustrated using an image of an ear. The stamp incorporates a print technique known as thermography. Small particles are embedded in the design, which when scratched makes an audible sound.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing with thermographic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


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Smell


Smell is quite a complex sense and one which also influences our sense of taste. Smell receptors on the mucous membranes inside the nose react to airborne odorant molecules. These receptor cells send an electrical impulse to the olfactory bulb - a part of the brain directly above the nasal cavity. Our receptor cells can detect seven basic smells - floral, mint, ether, acrid, camphor, putrid and musk - from which the huge variety of smells we encounter are formed.


The sense of smell is illustrated using an image of a nose. A mint fragrance has been added to the surface of the stamp and when the stamp is rubbed, mint scented molecules are released into the air.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and mint fragrance. Incorporates smart technology.


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5 Senses - Touch

Touch


Our sense of touch is spread throughout our bodies through nerve endings on the skin and other areas. Like taste, just four sensations are detected: contact, heat, cold and pain. Unsurprisingly, the greatest concentration of nerve endings is to be found on our fingertips. The touch stamp features a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink.


The sense of touch is illustrated using an image of a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink. When touched, this tactile friendly hand changes colour at 25°C, thus demonstrating the power and importance of touch in our daily lives.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and thermochromic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


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Sight


Sight is probably our most important sense and the one we generally use the most on a day-to-day basis. Light enters the eye through the cornea - the clear front 'window' of the eye. A lens then focuses the light onto the retina. Cells in the retina known as rods and cones detect the light and convert it into an electric signal that is relayed to the brain via the optic nerve. The brain then processes the signals into the 3D images we see.


The sense of sight is illustrated using an image of an eye and was printed on special transparent paper to illustrate the clarity sight gives us.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on transparent paper. Incorporates smart technology.


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Hearing


Sound is perceived through a complex system which begins with our outer ear collecting sounds and relaying them to the tympanic membrane or eardrum. From there, the vibrations are transmitted along three of the smallest bones in the human body - the malleus, incus and stapes, collectively known as the ossicles - to the cochlea. The cochlea then translates the vibrations into sound and sends the information to the brain via the auditory nerve. The brain combines the information from the two ears to determine the direction sound is coming from.


The sense of hearing is illustrated using an image of an ear. The stamp incorporates a print technique known as thermography. Small particles are embedded in the design, which when scratched makes an audible sound.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing with thermographic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


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Smell


Smell is quite a complex sense and one which also influences our sense of taste. Smell receptors on the mucous membranes inside the nose react to airborne odorant molecules. These receptor cells send an electrical impulse to the olfactory bulb - a part of the brain directly above the nasal cavity. Our receptor cells can detect seven basic smells - floral, mint, ether, acrid, camphor, putrid and musk - from which the huge variety of smells we encounter are formed.


The sense of smell is illustrated using an image of a nose. A mint fragrance has been added to the surface of the stamp and when the stamp is rubbed, mint scented molecules are released into the air.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and mint fragrance. Incorporates smart technology.


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Taste


Our sense of taste comes from the taste buds on our tongue, which is only able to detect four flavours: salt, sweet, sour and bitter. The combination of these four basic flavours along with texture and temperature, allows us to identify the whole range of tastes we encounter during our lives.


The sense of taste is illustrated using an image of a tongue and the stamp is printed on paper with strawberry flavoured gum to tickle your taste buds.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on stamp paper with strawberry flavoured gum. Incorporates smart technology.


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5 Senses - Sight

Sight


Sight is probably our most important sense and the one we generally use the most on a day-to-day basis. Light enters the eye through the cornea - the clear front 'window' of the eye. A lens then focuses the light onto the retina. Cells in the retina known as rods and cones detect the light and convert it into an electric signal that is relayed to the brain via the optic nerve. The brain then processes the signals into the 3D images we see.


The sense of sight is illustrated using an image of an eye and was printed on special transparent paper to illustrate the clarity sight gives us.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on transparent paper. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Hearing


Sound is perceived through a complex system which begins with our outer ear collecting sounds and relaying them to the tympanic membrane or eardrum. From there, the vibrations are transmitted along three of the smallest bones in the human body - the malleus, incus and stapes, collectively known as the ossicles - to the cochlea. The cochlea then translates the vibrations into sound and sends the information to the brain via the auditory nerve. The brain combines the information from the two ears to determine the direction sound is coming from.


The sense of hearing is illustrated using an image of an ear. The stamp incorporates a print technique known as thermography. Small particles are embedded in the design, which when scratched makes an audible sound.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing with thermographic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Smell


Smell is quite a complex sense and one which also influences our sense of taste. Smell receptors on the mucous membranes inside the nose react to airborne odorant molecules. These receptor cells send an electrical impulse to the olfactory bulb - a part of the brain directly above the nasal cavity. Our receptor cells can detect seven basic smells - floral, mint, ether, acrid, camphor, putrid and musk - from which the huge variety of smells we encounter are formed.


The sense of smell is illustrated using an image of a nose. A mint fragrance has been added to the surface of the stamp and when the stamp is rubbed, mint scented molecules are released into the air.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and mint fragrance. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Taste


Our sense of taste comes from the taste buds on our tongue, which is only able to detect four flavours: salt, sweet, sour and bitter. The combination of these four basic flavours along with texture and temperature, allows us to identify the whole range of tastes we encounter during our lives.


The sense of taste is illustrated using an image of a tongue and the stamp is printed on paper with strawberry flavoured gum to tickle your taste buds.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on stamp paper with strawberry flavoured gum. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Touch


Our sense of touch is spread throughout our bodies through nerve endings on the skin and other areas. Like taste, just four sensations are detected: contact, heat, cold and pain. Unsurprisingly, the greatest concentration of nerve endings is to be found on our fingertips. The touch stamp features a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink.


The sense of touch is illustrated using an image of a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink. When touched, this tactile friendly hand changes colour at 25°C, thus demonstrating the power and importance of touch in our daily lives.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and thermochromic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


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5 Senses - Hearing

Hearing


Sound is perceived through a complex system which begins with our outer ear collecting sounds and relaying them to the tympanic membrane or eardrum. From there, the vibrations are transmitted along three of the smallest bones in the human body - the malleus, incus and stapes, collectively known as the ossicles - to the cochlea. The cochlea then translates the vibrations into sound and sends the information to the brain via the auditory nerve. The brain combines the information from the two ears to determine the direction sound is coming from.


The sense of hearing is illustrated using an image of an ear. The stamp incorporates a print technique known as thermography. Small particles are embedded in the design, which when scratched makes an audible sound.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing with thermographic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Smell


Smell is quite a complex sense and one which also influences our sense of taste. Smell receptors on the mucous membranes inside the nose react to airborne odorant molecules. These receptor cells send an electrical impulse to the olfactory bulb - a part of the brain directly above the nasal cavity. Our receptor cells can detect seven basic smells - floral, mint, ether, acrid, camphor, putrid and musk - from which the huge variety of smells we encounter are formed.


The sense of smell is illustrated using an image of a nose. A mint fragrance has been added to the surface of the stamp and when the stamp is rubbed, mint scented molecules are released into the air.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and mint fragrance. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Taste


Our sense of taste comes from the taste buds on our tongue, which is only able to detect four flavours: salt, sweet, sour and bitter. The combination of these four basic flavours along with texture and temperature, allows us to identify the whole range of tastes we encounter during our lives.


The sense of taste is illustrated using an image of a tongue and the stamp is printed on paper with strawberry flavoured gum to tickle your taste buds.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on stamp paper with strawberry flavoured gum. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Touch


Our sense of touch is spread throughout our bodies through nerve endings on the skin and other areas. Like taste, just four sensations are detected: contact, heat, cold and pain. Unsurprisingly, the greatest concentration of nerve endings is to be found on our fingertips. The touch stamp features a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink.


The sense of touch is illustrated using an image of a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink. When touched, this tactile friendly hand changes colour at 25°C, thus demonstrating the power and importance of touch in our daily lives.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and thermochromic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Sight


Sight is probably our most important sense and the one we generally use the most on a day-to-day basis. Light enters the eye through the cornea - the clear front 'window' of the eye. A lens then focuses the light onto the retina. Cells in the retina known as rods and cones detect the light and convert it into an electric signal that is relayed to the brain via the optic nerve. The brain then processes the signals into the 3D images we see.


The sense of sight is illustrated using an image of an eye and was printed on special transparent paper to illustrate the clarity sight gives us.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on transparent paper. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>



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5 Senses - Smell

Smell


Smell is quite a complex sense and one which also influences our sense of taste. Smell receptors on the mucous membranes inside the nose react to airborne odorant molecules. These receptor cells send an electrical impulse to the olfactory bulb - a part of the brain directly above the nasal cavity. Our receptor cells can detect seven basic smells - floral, mint, ether, acrid, camphor, putrid and musk - from which the huge variety of smells we encounter are formed.


The sense of smell is illustrated using an image of a nose. A mint fragrance has been added to the surface of the stamp and when the stamp is rubbed, mint scented molecules are released into the air.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and mint fragrance. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Taste


Our sense of taste comes from the taste buds on our tongue, which is only able to detect four flavours: salt, sweet, sour and bitter. The combination of these four basic flavours along with texture and temperature, allows us to identify the whole range of tastes we encounter during our lives.


The sense of taste is illustrated using an image of a tongue and the stamp is printed on paper with strawberry flavoured gum to tickle your taste buds.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on stamp paper with strawberry flavoured gum. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Touch


Our sense of touch is spread throughout our bodies through nerve endings on the skin and other areas. Like taste, just four sensations are detected: contact, heat, cold and pain. Unsurprisingly, the greatest concentration of nerve endings is to be found on our fingertips. The touch stamp features a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink.


The sense of touch is illustrated using an image of a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink. When touched, this tactile friendly hand changes colour at 25°C, thus demonstrating the power and importance of touch in our daily lives.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and thermochromic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Sight


Sight is probably our most important sense and the one we generally use the most on a day-to-day basis. Light enters the eye through the cornea - the clear front 'window' of the eye. A lens then focuses the light onto the retina. Cells in the retina known as rods and cones detect the light and convert it into an electric signal that is relayed to the brain via the optic nerve. The brain then processes the signals into the 3D images we see.


The sense of sight is illustrated using an image of an eye and was printed on special transparent paper to illustrate the clarity sight gives us.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on transparent paper. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Hearing


Sound is perceived through a complex system which begins with our outer ear collecting sounds and relaying them to the tympanic membrane or eardrum. From there, the vibrations are transmitted along three of the smallest bones in the human body - the malleus, incus and stapes, collectively known as the ossicles - to the cochlea. The cochlea then translates the vibrations into sound and sends the information to the brain via the auditory nerve. The brain combines the information from the two ears to determine the direction sound is coming from.


The sense of hearing is illustrated using an image of an ear. The stamp incorporates a print technique known as thermography. Small particles are embedded in the design, which when scratched makes an audible sound.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing with thermographic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


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An Post - 5 Senses



The 5 Senses


Aristotle (384 - 322 BC) is credited with classifying the five sense organs - eyes, ears, tongue, nose and skin - into what we now know as the five senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.


Our senses are a remarkable example of the genius of human design. Each sense comprises organs with highly specialised receptors designed to interpret different stimuli. These cells have links to the nervous system and the brain, which then interprets the senses and tells the body how to react to the incoming stimuli. Our brains then process the information and tell us how to respond.


We use at least one of our five senses every moment of every day yet, we rarely give them much conscious thought. From the day we are born our senses teach us about our world, protect us from danger and play a lead, and supporting role in our perception and enjoyment of the world.



Taste


Our sense of taste comes from the taste buds on our tongue, which is only able to detect four flavours: salt, sweet, sour and bitter. The combination of these four basic flavours along with texture and temperature, allows us to identify the whole range of tastes we encounter during our lives.


The sense of taste is illustrated using an image of a tongue and the stamp is printed on paper with strawberry flavoured gum to tickle your taste buds.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on stamp paper with strawberry flavoured gum. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Touch


Our sense of touch is spread throughout our bodies through nerve endings on the skin and other areas. Like taste, just four sensations are detected: contact, heat, cold and pain. Unsurprisingly, the greatest concentration of nerve endings is to be found on our fingertips. The touch stamp features a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink.


The sense of touch is illustrated using an image of a hand which is printed using thermochromic ink. When touched, this tactile friendly hand changes colour at 25°C, thus demonstrating the power and importance of touch in our daily lives.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and thermochromic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Sight


Sight is probably our most important sense and the one we generally use the most on a day-to-day basis. Light enters the eye through the cornea - the clear front 'window' of the eye. A lens then focuses the light onto the retina. Cells in the retina known as rods and cones detect the light and convert it into an electric signal that is relayed to the brain via the optic nerve. The brain then processes the signals into the 3D images we see.


The sense of sight is illustrated using an image of an eye and was printed on special transparent paper to illustrate the clarity sight gives us.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing on transparent paper. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Hearing


Sound is perceived through a complex system which begins with our outer ear collecting sounds and relaying them to the tympanic membrane or eardrum. From there, the vibrations are transmitted along three of the smallest bones in the human body - the malleus, incus and stapes, collectively known as the ossicles - to the cochlea. The cochlea then translates the vibrations into sound and sends the information to the brain via the auditory nerve. The brain combines the information from the two ears to determine the direction sound is coming from.


The sense of hearing is illustrated using an image of an ear. The stamp incorporates a print technique known as thermography. Small particles are embedded in the design, which when scratched makes an audible sound.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing with thermographic ink. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>


Smell


Smell is quite a complex sense and one which also influences our sense of taste. Smell receptors on the mucous membranes inside the nose react to airborne odorant molecules. These receptor cells send an electrical impulse to the olfactory bulb - a part of the brain directly above the nasal cavity. Our receptor cells can detect seven basic smells - floral, mint, ether, acrid, camphor, putrid and musk - from which the huge variety of smells we encounter are formed.


The sense of smell is illustrated using an image of a nose. A mint fragrance has been added to the surface of the stamp and when the stamp is rubbed, mint scented molecules are released into the air.


Printing Techniques
Two colour printing and mint fragrance. Incorporates smart technology.


Buy Stamps >>



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