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'Scentography promises a vast extension of sensory space, with profound implications. We've lost touch, as a species, with our sense of smell. Our noses are not on the ground anymore, because we don't have to hunt for food. Scent became an art perpetuated by the big fragrance houses in Europe, and the average person was not empowered. You cannot create a new smell, communicate about it, talk about it. But now we can change that. Our mission is to make scent accessible to everyone. We're giving back to humanity our ability to communicate using scent.'-- Marc Canter, founder of Macromedia
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'Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed an odor recorder that can analyze scents and reproduce them by combining the 96 chemicals packed inside the device. Not only will it be able to approximate the smells of the finer things of life such as freshly-baked bread or apple pie, but it could also help doctors to diagnose remote patients by whipping up a hell of a stench with smells of urine, bile and rotten egg farts.
'You point the device at an object, and then it records its odor using 15 chemical-sensing microchips, or electronic noses. It can then transmit that data to another device in a different location, or save it for later playback. So far, the system has been able to accurately record and play back the scent of orange, lemon, apple, banana and melon, and it's said to be able to demonstrate the difference in scent between a red and green apple. The researchers hope to implement the device for online shopping, where you'll be able to smell before you buy, and also in various virtual-reality environments.'-- gizmodo.com
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'Redefining the home theater experience with the sense of smell is what the SMELLIT concept is all about. Based on the idea of a DVD player, it attaches to your home theater, and gives you the aroma of what’s cooking on the TV screen, in a literal sense. The "smell CARD" of the SMELLIT decodes all the smell information and gets your head turning every time a new dish appears.
'The device, created by Nuno Teixeira, works like the ink jet printer, though in contrast, it houses 118 cartridges for purification instead of the ink cartridges. The SMELLIT releases the fragrance of the picture on the screen as concentrated "smell gel" that’s evenly distributed by a central fan. So, next time a chef’s cooking a meal on TV, you know how it smells if not how it tastes.
'As your DVD player reads the video and sound information from your favorite DVD disc, SMELLIT processes the same DVD, but the "smell CARD" decodes all the smell information from 10 to 20 seconds, depending on how far you are from the SMELLIT, ahead of the actual scene so that the odors have time to reach the spectators.
'After decoding the smell information, the cartridge vaporizes a very small amount of concentrated "smell gel," and the central fan distributes equally the smell in all directions. All of the 118 cartridges can be easily changed and last three times more than a regular ink cartridge, so you don't have to worry you'll run out of smells unexpectedly.'-- gadgets.softpedia.com
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'Imagine the smell of brownies drawing your attention while you roam the aisles at your neighborhood market. The scent isn't coming from the mix inside the box, but from an electronic label programmed to release a bit of aroma every time a shopper walks by. The new labels aim to get consumers to buy more by emitting tantalizing smells.
'"If you got coffee, they'll send out the coffee aroma when they sense you're coming by," says Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechex, the printed electronics company behind the new technology. "The label will also talk to you when you touch it, in addition to giving you print that may scroll, like on your computer, to give you instructions in whatever size font you want." The new labels will cost about $.4 each. The cost is about triple that of current labels.'-- WCBS-TV
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'Researchers at the University of Southern California in LA has patented a project that would allow US Army officers to use coded smells to give orders. These can be delivered silently, in the dark and when loud noise is drowning out speech. Furthermore, says the patent, the immediate reaction to a smell is emotional, rather than rational, so an odour trigger may encourage people to carry out orders without question.
'A collar would hang round a soldier’s neck. The collar has a dozen cartridges, each containing a wick soaked in smelly liquid, a valve and a small propeller fan. Remote radio signals open selected valves and kick fans into life. A soldier could be trained to associate specific actions with unmistakable odours. This would allow the smells to be used to jog memory – if you smell this, do that.
'The system could also make training more realistic, with soldiers getting whiffs of desert dust, sea water or mud that are synchronised with audio and visual cues. The collar is close to the wearer's nose, so the effect is immediate, and rapidly fades when the valve is closed.' -- We-make-money-not-art.com
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'Rain Showtechniek, a Dutch company that specialises in lighting, special stage effects and sound systems, has developed a machine that reproduces the traditional smell of bars and cafes. "There is a need for a scent to mask the sweat and other unpleasant smells like stale beer," said Erwin van den Bergh, a spokesman for the company. "People find that smells such as Mocha coffee, Havana cigars or cigarettes can be about good moods and different ideas of living well."
'Unlike the real thing, the artificial tobacco smells do not have any health risks and does not linger in the hair or clothing of bar customers. "Geurmachines" come in different sizes and prices, ranging from giant smell-makers, costing £3500 for exhibition halls to smaller and cheaper scent devices for cafés, priced at £440. Over 50 different scents are offered for the new machines ranging from tobacco aromas to the smell of leather, freshly baked bread or new cars.'-- The Telegraph
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'The latest trend in food packaging: Jars and boxes lined with "smell technology" emit molecules that push against their contents, infusing the items with different flavors. The concept, however, is steeped in real science: Researchers have discovered that most of what we call taste happens not in our mouths, but through our noses. Aromas, in essence, can trick your brain into thinking you are tasting certain flavors.
'An upstart called ScentSational Technologies, founded in 1997 in Jenkintown, Pa., is working with a number of food companies to harness the science of smell. The aim: to produce tasty products without sugary additives like corn syrup or expensive ingredients such as heavy cream.
'ScentSational Technologies says it is working with a baby-food producer to add an odor to the seal of its caps so that when parents open the jars, they can smell "freshness"; it's also collaborating with a cereal maker to add fragrance to plastic bags, "sweetening" the product while actually reducing the amount of sugar. ScentSational Technologies founder Steven Landau says he can't disclose clients' names because the projects are still in the experimental stage.'-- Fortune Magazine
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Digital scent movie projector with sound channel
United States Patent Application 20080043204
Inventors: Guo, Yixin (Ronkonkoma, NY, US)
Application Number: 11/588154
Filing Date: 10/27/2006
A Digital Scent Movie Projector with Sound Channels. Its features include: A Digital Movie Projector, A sense of smell signal converter and a set of scent making devices. A digital movie projector uses a full frequency sound channel as its passageway to transmit sense of smell digital signal or adding a sense of smell digital signal transmission passageway besides the several full frequency and a low frequency sound channel. After being processed by the sense of smell signal converter the sense of smell signal is transmitted into the scent making devices. The scent making devices uses the scent transmission passageway to transmit the scent of the scent can into the pressure-reducing valve and sound muffler, with help of the air compressor and the controlling valve. And finally the scent is released into the cinema from the scent outlet devices installed under or by the audience seats. With this proposal and without any modification to a digital movie projector, the sense of smell signal can be programmed into digital movies and can be projected utilizing one of the full frequency sound channels of a digital movie projector. Therefore it enables the film arts to break the monopoly of traditional film and truly realizes the trinity enjoyable effect of sense of sight, hearing and smell.
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'A group of Savannahians have teamed up to produce the world’s first scent-enabled music album. The first CD equipped with scent-technology is UNLEASHED by ZAN, who lives and records in Savannah. ZAN and her band play a mix of Pop, Funk Rock and New Age music. For the scent-enabled CD to work, one must purchase a Scent-Dome that plugs into a computer. As the computer plays songs, the teapot-sized Scent Dome releases different fragrances triggered by code embedded in the CD.
'The company that invented the technology for ZAN’s scent-enabled CD is TriSenx Holdings Inc., also based in Savannah. TriSenx beat out a number of other research and development firms in a multimillion dollar race to create and patent the technology. Founded in 1999 by Ellwood Ivey, Jr., TriSenx’s mission is to develop multi-sensory products that enable digital olfactory diffusion, especially in the field of education. Its patent-protected technology is available for licensing in a variety of fields-of-use.'--Techgiant.com
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'AromaJet.com announced today that it has demonstrated interactive transmission of Synthesized Smell over IP (IPsmell(TM)). Using an interactive program that allows for the creation of aromas by mixing sixteen separate ingredients in 1% increments, Dr. David B. Wallace, AromaJet’s Chief Technical Officer, transmitted a number of distinct fragrances from Sidney, Australia to an AromaJet Kiosk at AromaJet’s offices in Plano, TX. Both Dr. Wallace’s portable computer and the AromaJet kiosk were connected to the Internet and communicated with each other through AromaJet’s SmellServer(TM).
'Within seconds of sending a fragrance from Dr. Wallace’s computer, the AromaJet Kiosk received the data required for it to create the aroma. A description of the fragrance was sent and displayed to AromaJet engineers in Plano asking if they wanted to accept it. After accepting the fragrance, the kiosk immediately generated the scent from a given set of ingredients, using AromaJet’s patented aroma generation hardware & software.'-- Gameadvance.co.uk
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'Philips introduced its amBX range back in 2005 - a group of interlocking technologies that it hopes will revolutionise the gaming experience and extend the gaming world out of the screen and into the real world. Now, Philips is preparing to add 'smell-o-vision' to the mix. The initial amBX experience took us a step towards a full 'sensory surround experience' through colour, sound, rumble and even an air flow-enabled device.
'Over the next year, Philips is looking to step up the amBX experience by introducing smell and heat technology to really make us feel the games that we are playing. The senior director of program management at amBX told HEXUS.gaming that, 'Tests are being carried out to tweak the smell technology. At the moment we can can produce the smells - but we're still working on getting rid of them'.'-- Impact Lab
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'When fragrance is used in spatial designs, it is mostly for branding purposes or for suggestive advertising (e.g. pumping the smell of coffee out onto a street to lure people into a shop).
'Scents of Space, by Haque Design and Research, tries to explore the potentials for developing evocative and memorable experiences using the sense of smell. This interactive smell system allows for 3D placement of fragrances without dispersion, enabling the creation of dynamic olfactory zones and boundaries.
'Airflow within the space is generated by an array of fans. Moving air is then controlled by a series of diffusion screens to provide smooth and continuous laminar airflow. Computer-controlled fragrance dispensers and careful air control enable parts of the space to be selectively scented without dispersing through the entire space.'-- Kunstvist.nl
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'Mobile phone manufacturer Motorola wants to make using your phone a more fragrant experience. It was recently granted a patent for a way of making a handset release scents by heating a special cartridge. It was inspired by the way plug-in air fresheners work. The patent notes that it might not be necessary to modify a phone’s design much. Tests showed that the power amplifier in some Motorola phones reaches about 60ºC – hot enough to activate the fragrance in a disposable gel sachet.
'Abstract: A communication device such as a cellular telephone (200) includes a heat-generating device (206) that generates heat energy. In thermal proximity to the heat-generating device (206) is a scent package (208) that includes a scented substance that is activated by the heat generated by the heat-generating device (206). In one embodiment of the invention, the heat-generating device (206) is a power amplifier. In another embodiment of the invention, a method of providing a scent in a communication device comprises providing a heat-generating device and placing a scent package in thermal proximity to the heat-generating device. The heat-generating device can be a power amplifier used by the communication device, or other electrical circuit found in the communication device.'-- New Scientist
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p.s. Hey. I'm on my way to Geneva. To this. Because of this. To do a presentation re: 'Zac's Haunted House' to the festival jury tomorrow. And to maybe see some films and stuff. Meanwhile, you can ponder Smell Technology if you like. Blog tomorrow, blog plus me on Friday.
'Scentography promises a vast extension of sensory space, with profound implications. We've lost touch, as a species, with our sense of smell. Our noses are not on the ground anymore, because we don't have to hunt for food. Scent became an art perpetuated by the big fragrance houses in Europe, and the average person was not empowered. You cannot create a new smell, communicate about it, talk about it. But now we can change that. Our mission is to make scent accessible to everyone. We're giving back to humanity our ability to communicate using scent.'-- Marc Canter, founder of Macromedia
____________
'Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed an odor recorder that can analyze scents and reproduce them by combining the 96 chemicals packed inside the device. Not only will it be able to approximate the smells of the finer things of life such as freshly-baked bread or apple pie, but it could also help doctors to diagnose remote patients by whipping up a hell of a stench with smells of urine, bile and rotten egg farts.
'You point the device at an object, and then it records its odor using 15 chemical-sensing microchips, or electronic noses. It can then transmit that data to another device in a different location, or save it for later playback. So far, the system has been able to accurately record and play back the scent of orange, lemon, apple, banana and melon, and it's said to be able to demonstrate the difference in scent between a red and green apple. The researchers hope to implement the device for online shopping, where you'll be able to smell before you buy, and also in various virtual-reality environments.'-- gizmodo.com
____________
'Redefining the home theater experience with the sense of smell is what the SMELLIT concept is all about. Based on the idea of a DVD player, it attaches to your home theater, and gives you the aroma of what’s cooking on the TV screen, in a literal sense. The "smell CARD" of the SMELLIT decodes all the smell information and gets your head turning every time a new dish appears.
'The device, created by Nuno Teixeira, works like the ink jet printer, though in contrast, it houses 118 cartridges for purification instead of the ink cartridges. The SMELLIT releases the fragrance of the picture on the screen as concentrated "smell gel" that’s evenly distributed by a central fan. So, next time a chef’s cooking a meal on TV, you know how it smells if not how it tastes.
'As your DVD player reads the video and sound information from your favorite DVD disc, SMELLIT processes the same DVD, but the "smell CARD" decodes all the smell information from 10 to 20 seconds, depending on how far you are from the SMELLIT, ahead of the actual scene so that the odors have time to reach the spectators.
'After decoding the smell information, the cartridge vaporizes a very small amount of concentrated "smell gel," and the central fan distributes equally the smell in all directions. All of the 118 cartridges can be easily changed and last three times more than a regular ink cartridge, so you don't have to worry you'll run out of smells unexpectedly.'-- gadgets.softpedia.com
____________
'Imagine the smell of brownies drawing your attention while you roam the aisles at your neighborhood market. The scent isn't coming from the mix inside the box, but from an electronic label programmed to release a bit of aroma every time a shopper walks by. The new labels aim to get consumers to buy more by emitting tantalizing smells.
'"If you got coffee, they'll send out the coffee aroma when they sense you're coming by," says Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechex, the printed electronics company behind the new technology. "The label will also talk to you when you touch it, in addition to giving you print that may scroll, like on your computer, to give you instructions in whatever size font you want." The new labels will cost about $.4 each. The cost is about triple that of current labels.'-- WCBS-TV
____________
'Researchers at the University of Southern California in LA has patented a project that would allow US Army officers to use coded smells to give orders. These can be delivered silently, in the dark and when loud noise is drowning out speech. Furthermore, says the patent, the immediate reaction to a smell is emotional, rather than rational, so an odour trigger may encourage people to carry out orders without question.
'A collar would hang round a soldier’s neck. The collar has a dozen cartridges, each containing a wick soaked in smelly liquid, a valve and a small propeller fan. Remote radio signals open selected valves and kick fans into life. A soldier could be trained to associate specific actions with unmistakable odours. This would allow the smells to be used to jog memory – if you smell this, do that.
'The system could also make training more realistic, with soldiers getting whiffs of desert dust, sea water or mud that are synchronised with audio and visual cues. The collar is close to the wearer's nose, so the effect is immediate, and rapidly fades when the valve is closed.' -- We-make-money-not-art.com
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'Rain Showtechniek, a Dutch company that specialises in lighting, special stage effects and sound systems, has developed a machine that reproduces the traditional smell of bars and cafes. "There is a need for a scent to mask the sweat and other unpleasant smells like stale beer," said Erwin van den Bergh, a spokesman for the company. "People find that smells such as Mocha coffee, Havana cigars or cigarettes can be about good moods and different ideas of living well."
'Unlike the real thing, the artificial tobacco smells do not have any health risks and does not linger in the hair or clothing of bar customers. "Geurmachines" come in different sizes and prices, ranging from giant smell-makers, costing £3500 for exhibition halls to smaller and cheaper scent devices for cafés, priced at £440. Over 50 different scents are offered for the new machines ranging from tobacco aromas to the smell of leather, freshly baked bread or new cars.'-- The Telegraph
____________
'The latest trend in food packaging: Jars and boxes lined with "smell technology" emit molecules that push against their contents, infusing the items with different flavors. The concept, however, is steeped in real science: Researchers have discovered that most of what we call taste happens not in our mouths, but through our noses. Aromas, in essence, can trick your brain into thinking you are tasting certain flavors.
'An upstart called ScentSational Technologies, founded in 1997 in Jenkintown, Pa., is working with a number of food companies to harness the science of smell. The aim: to produce tasty products without sugary additives like corn syrup or expensive ingredients such as heavy cream.
'ScentSational Technologies says it is working with a baby-food producer to add an odor to the seal of its caps so that when parents open the jars, they can smell "freshness"; it's also collaborating with a cereal maker to add fragrance to plastic bags, "sweetening" the product while actually reducing the amount of sugar. ScentSational Technologies founder Steven Landau says he can't disclose clients' names because the projects are still in the experimental stage.'-- Fortune Magazine
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Digital scent movie projector with sound channel
United States Patent Application 20080043204
Inventors: Guo, Yixin (Ronkonkoma, NY, US)
Application Number: 11/588154
Filing Date: 10/27/2006
A Digital Scent Movie Projector with Sound Channels. Its features include: A Digital Movie Projector, A sense of smell signal converter and a set of scent making devices. A digital movie projector uses a full frequency sound channel as its passageway to transmit sense of smell digital signal or adding a sense of smell digital signal transmission passageway besides the several full frequency and a low frequency sound channel. After being processed by the sense of smell signal converter the sense of smell signal is transmitted into the scent making devices. The scent making devices uses the scent transmission passageway to transmit the scent of the scent can into the pressure-reducing valve and sound muffler, with help of the air compressor and the controlling valve. And finally the scent is released into the cinema from the scent outlet devices installed under or by the audience seats. With this proposal and without any modification to a digital movie projector, the sense of smell signal can be programmed into digital movies and can be projected utilizing one of the full frequency sound channels of a digital movie projector. Therefore it enables the film arts to break the monopoly of traditional film and truly realizes the trinity enjoyable effect of sense of sight, hearing and smell.
____________
'A group of Savannahians have teamed up to produce the world’s first scent-enabled music album. The first CD equipped with scent-technology is UNLEASHED by ZAN, who lives and records in Savannah. ZAN and her band play a mix of Pop, Funk Rock and New Age music. For the scent-enabled CD to work, one must purchase a Scent-Dome that plugs into a computer. As the computer plays songs, the teapot-sized Scent Dome releases different fragrances triggered by code embedded in the CD.
'The company that invented the technology for ZAN’s scent-enabled CD is TriSenx Holdings Inc., also based in Savannah. TriSenx beat out a number of other research and development firms in a multimillion dollar race to create and patent the technology. Founded in 1999 by Ellwood Ivey, Jr., TriSenx’s mission is to develop multi-sensory products that enable digital olfactory diffusion, especially in the field of education. Its patent-protected technology is available for licensing in a variety of fields-of-use.'--Techgiant.com
____________
'AromaJet.com announced today that it has demonstrated interactive transmission of Synthesized Smell over IP (IPsmell(TM)). Using an interactive program that allows for the creation of aromas by mixing sixteen separate ingredients in 1% increments, Dr. David B. Wallace, AromaJet’s Chief Technical Officer, transmitted a number of distinct fragrances from Sidney, Australia to an AromaJet Kiosk at AromaJet’s offices in Plano, TX. Both Dr. Wallace’s portable computer and the AromaJet kiosk were connected to the Internet and communicated with each other through AromaJet’s SmellServer(TM).
'Within seconds of sending a fragrance from Dr. Wallace’s computer, the AromaJet Kiosk received the data required for it to create the aroma. A description of the fragrance was sent and displayed to AromaJet engineers in Plano asking if they wanted to accept it. After accepting the fragrance, the kiosk immediately generated the scent from a given set of ingredients, using AromaJet’s patented aroma generation hardware & software.'-- Gameadvance.co.uk
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'Philips introduced its amBX range back in 2005 - a group of interlocking technologies that it hopes will revolutionise the gaming experience and extend the gaming world out of the screen and into the real world. Now, Philips is preparing to add 'smell-o-vision' to the mix. The initial amBX experience took us a step towards a full 'sensory surround experience' through colour, sound, rumble and even an air flow-enabled device.
'Over the next year, Philips is looking to step up the amBX experience by introducing smell and heat technology to really make us feel the games that we are playing. The senior director of program management at amBX told HEXUS.gaming that, 'Tests are being carried out to tweak the smell technology. At the moment we can can produce the smells - but we're still working on getting rid of them'.'-- Impact Lab
____________
'When fragrance is used in spatial designs, it is mostly for branding purposes or for suggestive advertising (e.g. pumping the smell of coffee out onto a street to lure people into a shop).
'Scents of Space, by Haque Design and Research, tries to explore the potentials for developing evocative and memorable experiences using the sense of smell. This interactive smell system allows for 3D placement of fragrances without dispersion, enabling the creation of dynamic olfactory zones and boundaries.
'Airflow within the space is generated by an array of fans. Moving air is then controlled by a series of diffusion screens to provide smooth and continuous laminar airflow. Computer-controlled fragrance dispensers and careful air control enable parts of the space to be selectively scented without dispersing through the entire space.'-- Kunstvist.nl
____________
'Mobile phone manufacturer Motorola wants to make using your phone a more fragrant experience. It was recently granted a patent for a way of making a handset release scents by heating a special cartridge. It was inspired by the way plug-in air fresheners work. The patent notes that it might not be necessary to modify a phone’s design much. Tests showed that the power amplifier in some Motorola phones reaches about 60ºC – hot enough to activate the fragrance in a disposable gel sachet.
'Abstract: A communication device such as a cellular telephone (200) includes a heat-generating device (206) that generates heat energy. In thermal proximity to the heat-generating device (206) is a scent package (208) that includes a scented substance that is activated by the heat generated by the heat-generating device (206). In one embodiment of the invention, the heat-generating device (206) is a power amplifier. In another embodiment of the invention, a method of providing a scent in a communication device comprises providing a heat-generating device and placing a scent package in thermal proximity to the heat-generating device. The heat-generating device can be a power amplifier used by the communication device, or other electrical circuit found in the communication device.'-- New Scientist
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p.s. Hey. I'm on my way to Geneva. To this. Because of this. To do a presentation re: 'Zac's Haunted House' to the festival jury tomorrow. And to maybe see some films and stuff. Meanwhile, you can ponder Smell Technology if you like. Blog tomorrow, blog plus me on Friday.