Go ahead, I dare you.
Posted on 02/28/2007 9:11:42 AM PST by MadIvan
Within a decade the net will be able to deliver smells as fast as it does data, predicts a report.
The forecast came in a wide-ranging survey produced by the South Korean government to find out what consumers will want from future technologies.
It also predicted that by 2012 batteries in mobile phones will last perhaps two months between recharges.
The experts taking part in the survey said that by 2018 robots will be routinely carrying out surgery.
The long-range predictions in the survey came from interviews carried out with about 3,500 technology experts in South Korea.
The country has long been known for its dedication to hi-tech.
Net-using citizens enjoy some of the highest speed broadband connections in the world, widespread high-speed mobile networks and the country's education system makes extensive use of the net to teach and track pupils' progress.
The hi-tech panel behind the report believed that, by 2015, the net will be used to deliver data about smells to a fragrance cartridge sitting next to a computer or other device accessing the net.
By 2015 the report suggests that soldiers will wear bulletproof and waterproof battle dress that can also change its appearance to match its surroundings.
Available soon after, by 2018, will be robots small enough to swim along blood vessels in the human body finding, probing and healing any health problems they come across.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
The first flatulent virus will no doubt follow.
Regards, Ivan
Since hollywood is bound and determined to push all kinds of perversion and porn into every living room, I hate to imagine what kind of smells they might want to push over the web. So, no thank you!
Go ahead, I dare you.
Ugh.
Regards, Ivan
lol
I fart in your general direction!
For some reason, I reacted to this differently from my norm.
I don't usually think in conspiratorial terms, but it occurs to me that making these devices indispensable is the first step to marking the location of the users. Longer intervals between charges will make it even more effective in that regard. JMHO.
This thread has just opened the door to a gazillion punch lines.
Al Gore prepares to demonstrate one of his famous "face farts":
Warning: never pull his finger.
I was wondering when they'd finally get around to inventing Smellevision!
heh-heh-heh
Hang on a moment while I adjust the tin foil hat...
If they put oxytocin in that cartridge, you'll believe everything you see on the Web. Or at least everything they connect it to.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050604/fob4.asp
Mrs VS
I shoulda' caught on when my mouse-pointer turned into the "pointer", the first time.
Having smell available on the web could open new possibilities for e-business in the fetish market.
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