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Olly and Molly: Smell and Taste Your Tweets
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People are always trying to figure out ways to make the internet more tangible, and one of the more common ways to do this is to build devices that interact with Twitter or Facebook in some way. In this case, we have a pair of devices which let you smell… |
February 1st, 2012
SMELLIT Aroma Device Stinks Up the Place
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A while back, I told you ScentScape, a device designed to “enhance” movies and other content by adding a fragrance track – otherwise known as “smell-a-vision.” Well, here’s another smelly device that aims to fill your nostrils with appropriate aromas a you watch movies and play games.… |
October 5th, 2011
Gummi Bear Scented Earbuds: Music to Your Ears, Fragrance to Your Nose
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1. Earbuds 2. Scent 3. ??? 4. Profit! These buds not only look like gummi bears, they smell like ‘em too. They come in strawberry, apple and blueberry flavors. No prize for figuring out which color has which scent.… |
August 7th, 2011
ScentScape Programmable Aroma Generator: Boy, Does Your Computer Smell
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This unusual gadget connects to your computer, and can be programmed to emit a variety aromas on digital cue. With an expected retail price of $69.99 (USD), ScentSciences‘ ScentScape device is a compact plug-and-play USB device which can be synchronized with your content, outputting scents along the way. The compact… |
January 10th, 2011
Flavor-Changing Meta Cookie: Willy Wonka Gets Real
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Stealing a page right out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…, this strange looking headgear turns a single cookie into one of seven different flavors. Scientist Tajuki Narumi and a team from the University of Tokyo created this unusual contraption called the “Meta Cookie“. The device combines augmented reality |
August 9th, 2010
Pepper Mouth Punishes You for All Those F-Bombs You Drop Online
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The number of just plain stupid gadgets that you can buy and connect to your USB port is bewildering. The new Pepper Mouth concept gadget is one of the dumbest I have seen though. It assumes we want to stop calling the idiots we talk to on IM or in… |
June 21st, 2010
Relaxation Station Will Find a Way to Make You Chill Out
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Sure, we’ve all seen devices that promise to help you relax, whether with light, sound, or even aromatherapy. This new gadget out of Korea takes the kitchen sink approach to chilling out, combining all of the aforementioned techniques to get you to unwind. The LTK-2000 Therapy Station starts out with… |
March 9th, 2008
How Does My Laptop Smell?
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The answer to that question is not “with it’s nose.” Instead, it smells like roses or peppermints thanks to this weird new USB device. As if smelly colognes and incense weren’t bad enough, now we have to worry about odoriferous computers. This USB fragrance oil burner takes little droplets of… |
July 30th, 2007
Deodolight: Smell the Light
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Leave it to those wacky Japanese gadget makers to come up with this strange device. This portable lighting fixture doesn’t just illuminate, it deodorizes. According to the device’s maker, e-Revolution, the Deodolight is designed to eliminate (or at least cover up) “ill-smelling” aromas while it slowly fades between an array… |
July 9th, 2007
Make Your Laptop Smell Fresh as a Flower
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If your laptop does nothing but stink up the place, you might want to pick up one of these fragranced USB sticks for your computer. Joining the ranks of other frivolous fragrance generators such as the one that makes your music smell and scented cell phones is this aromatic USB… |
February 9th, 2007
