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  • Smelly device would liven up web browsing

    02/20/2004 11:09:17 PM PST · by endthematrix · 22 replies · 4,418+ views
    NewScientist.com ^ | 20 February 04 | NewScientist.com news service
    A scent-generating device being tested by the UK internet service provider Telewest Broadband could soon allow internet users to transmit aromas of their choice across the internet. The Scent Dome is about the size of a teapot and can generate up to 60 different smells by releasing particles from one or more of 20 liquid-filled odour capsules. Computers fitted with a Scent Dome unit use software to recognise smell identifying codes embedded in an email or web page. The device is manufactured by Trisenx, based in Georgia, US, and is currently being tested at Telewest's UK research laboratory in Woking,...
  • E-mail tries out a sense of smell

    02/19/2004 3:53:51 PM PST · by Print · 9 replies · 136+ views
    bbc ^ | Thursday, 19 February, 2004 | bbc
    E-mail tries out a sense of smell An e-mail would contain a code for a particular scent You could soon be able to spice up your e-mails with your favourite perfume. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people to send aromatic e-mails over the internet. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest say it could be used by supermarkets to tempt people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of...