When Roses Won’t Do, E-Mail A Fragrance
After satisfying the senses of sight and sound through video streams and music downloads, NTT Communications aims to tap into the sense of smell with a new system that allows users to send fragrances from their cell phones.
Users will be able to select and send certain fragrance recipes to an in-home unit that is responsible for concocting and releasing the various fragrances. Each holds 16 cartridges of base fragrances or essences that are mixed to produce the various scents in a similar way that a printer mixes inks to produce other colors.
Transforming the mood of room with a new scent is quite easy with this technology.
The first step is to choose a scent from the multitude of fragrance recipes available through an I-mode site on a cell phone. Once chosen the instructions on how to make the scent are then transmitted to the fragrance device through infrared from the phone, and from there the scent is quickly mixed and emitted.
There’s even room for creating customized scents, which can be shared with other users through the fragrance “playlist” on the Web site.
Photo by Egahen/andreyutzu.
danakeith on May 21st, 2008 1:34 am
Cool..
Very impressive invention..
Hope to have it soon here.
Congratulations!
Kell Brigan on August 13th, 2008 11:21 am
Great. Just don’t use it a) at work, b) at home, if you live with people who need to breathe, c) around pregnant women, d) around anyone with neurological disabilities, e) around anyone who’s fed up with living in a sickening, fake environment…
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