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Title: Smell-o-vision takes a few steps forward...
Post by: hypernova on July 11, 2006, 10:18:37 pm: http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20060712/D8IQ48O80.html?PG=home&SEC=news (http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20060712/D8IQ48O80.html?PG=home&SEC=news)

Those crafty Japanese. They're getting closer. It's still a bit bulky though. Funny how they reported the size. They used both metric and imperial units. How retarded was that?

But the usefulness is obvious. I mean, come on. If I let one rip, and I think it has to be the absolute stankest one ever, I could "capture" it, and send it to everyone for their opinions to see if they agree!

How cool is that? :D
Title: Re: Smell-o-vision takes a few steps forward...
Post by: cdbrown on July 12, 2006, 11:37:38 am: Wow 6 square feet meters. :lame:
Title: Re: Smell-o-vision takes a few steps forward...
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on July 12, 2006, 01:17:05 pm: Does *anybody* really want this? I don't want this! :-X

mrC
Title: Re: Smell-o-vision takes a few steps forward...
Post by: hypernova on July 12, 2006, 08:52:04 pm: Sure we do, MrC. I already gave you a common, everyday application of this new technology. :)

Honestly, I can see it becoming mainstream years down the road.

Then come the returns on items you can "presmell" at home, because something doesn't smell the way it did when you sampled it.
Title: Re: Smell-o-vision takes a few steps forward...
Post by: NightGod on July 13, 2006, 02:49:20 am: If they get the sensor actually small enough to fit in a mobile phone and the mixer about the size and cost of an inkjet printer (since you need 15 smell compounds), I can see this actually being a big product.
Title: Re: Smell-o-vision takes a few steps forward...
Post by: allroy1975 on July 13, 2006, 11:37:00 am: my wife wants to smell the ocean while she creams her jeans watching Johnny Depp run around on the beach in POTC.