odours

Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Online

Japanese Site Asks You to Track Your Sniffs

6:00PM Elaine Chow | A Japanese site has found an odourous purpose for Google Maps–using it to track down weird and stinky smells they encounter in the Land of the Rising Sun. Get a whiff of something sour? Go to Nioibu.com and tell everyone. More »
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Peripherals

Improve Your PC’s Odour With This Fragrance Diffusing USB Drive

9:30AM Nick Broughall | You, Sir, are an animal. Look at the state of your PC: There are breadcrumbs, coke stains and the glistening sheen of greasy fingers covering every inch of its surface. And that odour… it’s enough to make any normal person want to gag. You really should clean it all up, but instead, you could just mask the stench with this USB fragrance diffuser. Just plug it into the USB port of your Mac or PC, drip a couple of drops of fragrance oil (not included, sadly) into the end and suddenly life can come back to your immediate vicinity. Plus, it also includes 4GB worth of storage, so it’s not a complete waste of your $50… [Latestbuy] More »
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Science

What Is the Orion Spacecraft Going to Smell Like?

7:10AM Jesus Diaz | As the Constellation program (kind of) goes forward, Nasa is asking itself some really weird questions that may affect the life of the astronauts as they advance towards their three-year mission to Mars. One of them has been commissioned to Steven Pearce, chemist and managing director of fragrance manufacturing company Omega Ingredients: What is life in the Orion spacecraft going to smell like? More »
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