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Online Aromatherapy in Japan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the internet-hunting-no-longer-dumbest-idea dept.

prostoalex writes "USA Today has an article on Japanese telecom company delivering fragrances via the Internet. NTT Communications will send a combination of 36 scents through a crystal ball, which can be attached to a PC."

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  1. Finally! by isny · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A useful net product for most slashdotters!

    Damn...there goes my karma...

  2. Been there, done that... by Kerhop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The product and the domain no longer exists, but HowStuffWorks still has an article about DigiScents. There was also Olfacom and iSmell that claimed to do the same.

  3. That's for delivery, what about capture? by michaeldot · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A scent deliverer is one thing, but a "scent scanner" would be interesting too.

    A device that could record in digital form what an environment smelt like, then it could be reproduced at a later time by something like the crystal ball thing in this article.

    The scent deliverer might have to get some more depth. Maybe it could be the next big evolution of output devices... For instance, visual displays (monitors) evolved from 1-bit (monochrome), to 8-bit (256 colors), then 16-bit (thousands of colors), up to the useful 24-bit (millions of colors).

    An olfactory delivery device could evolve from something like this crystal ball which might be at 4-bit (thirty something smells) at the moment, up to 16-bit (thousands of smells) in the near future.

    Build them into webcams, then geekettes would not only feel oblighed to wear makeup, they'd have to put on their perfume too! And geeks would have to shower more frequently...