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agony of de-feet
Good-Bye Foot Raunch, Helloooo Minty Freshness!
Thanks to a new springy plastic insert for shoes, Japanese people will be spared the embarrassment of letting their foot smells waft through public places. Instead, they will experience the embarrassment of adding a strange breath of mint to every establishment where they are required to de-shoe. At every step, the insert pumps out a small dose of mint essence, replacing—and hopefully not just mixing noxiously with—your natural, potentially horrible foot odor. It's a hell of a trade-off. Would you use it? [Reuters]
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Smellivision Ads, Coming to Billboards
The prospect of smellivision has intrigued Man since he was enjoying the earthy scent of dinosaur cooking over an open flame, wishing He could exploit its musk to sell more dinoburgers. At long last, NTT Communications is incorporating smells into their digital signs. Using one billboard (OK, LCD display) as an experiment this month, visitors of the Tokyo JR train line will get to see beer and smell delicious oranges. More »
peripherals
BBC Sez Smellable Internet on the Way
The solution to the Internet addicts is on the way, and should be here by 2015. According to the BBC a South Korean company is claiming that the Internet will be able to delivery smell data by 2015. Why will this be the ultimate medicine for Internet addicts? Because they will be forced to smell the people and things they look at on a daily basis. I don't even want to imagine what kind of foul stenches the Internet could produce on any given day and I don't even want to know why a smell-o-net would need to be available by 2015. Smells like a turd covered in burnt hair—name that movie! More »
cellphones
Japan's Sony Ericsson SO703i Smells Purty
No longer will you have to worry about your cellphone stinking up the place. Not if NTT Docomo and Sony Ericsson have anything to do with it. The SO703i is a cellphone that includes a slot for replaceable scented sheets that give off a pleasant smell. Up to 11 different smells are available. You may think you are hot stuff with that custom ringtone, but you don't have anything on my apple pie-smelling cellphone. Japan only—sorry, folks. More »
4:55 PM on Wed Jan 17 2007
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by MaiSkies: Talk about creativity! Aside from the pretty smells your phone will be able to emit, this is a gorgeous phone. more »
gadgets
USB Aroma Fan
Similar to the USB Stencher, the aroma fan combines two things we enjoy, wind and pleasant smells, to create the perfect gadget for the office. More »
cellphones
Samsung Smell-o-phone
Smell-o-vision was something previously reserved for cartoons and other gags. Well, Samsung has done the unthinkable and is actually developing a smell-o-phone. This phone will release "smell tones" upon incoming calls. According to the patent documentation the type and amount of perfume can be controlled. Thanks, Samsung. Now cell phones can annoy two of our senses instead of just one. More »
5:07 PM on Mon Mar 27 2006
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by APPLE High Tech High: The potential for prank calls is unbealievable. Also, I imagine bakers would turn to telemarketing! more »
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