scents
Computers
Asus’s F6V Laptop Tries to Appeal to Your Senses By Having a Scent
6:47PM Kit Eaton | A laptop that smells good: yep—that’s the new idea Asus has had to try to delineate its products in the marketplace. And I don’t mean that “Mmmmm… new plastic gadget” sensation either, this is a full-on scent. Floral, Cologne, Ocean and Grass to be exact, though I’m not sure how many people will go for the “smells like your front lawn” option. The PCs have patterned lids too, in pink, blue, green and black as well as a white carbon-fibre wrist wrest, which is a boon for those of you who regularly wear out your wrist rest (wait… what?) Apart from these features, they’re pretty standard 13.3-inch screen laptops, running Core 2 Duo processors, with 320GB drives, and a fingerprint reader, and they’re available on pre-order from Amazon for US$1,299. Press release below. More »
Gadgets
Scent-Emitting LCD Display is Just Asking for Misuse
5:40AM Adam Frucci | One would think that if a restaurant wanted to lure people inside with the smells of delicious food, they would do so by cooking delicious food. Not necessarily! In Tokyo, a company called Recruit Co. Ltd. is using scent-emitting LCD displays to entice people into eating at restaurants in the mall under Tokyo Station. More »
Gadgets
Aroma Waker Early Morning Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Technology
11:22PM Gizmodo US Edition | Aroma Waker is a not-so-cunningly-named alarm clock that wakes you by emitting aromatherapy scents at a preset time. Its actually got two heated scent pots, so you can have a second dose of smells later in the day— perhaps to remind you it’s lunchtime, to feed the cat, or a “warm welcome from a hard day’s work” as designers Abiogenesis suggest. So, fragrant Giz readers, how would you like your olfactory glands to be aroused this morning? More »
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Crayon Cologne Tells the Ladies You Are Mature
10:29PM Wilson Rothman | Close your eyes, think “Crayon” and the first thing that occurs to you isn’t the bright yellow box but the smell: part puke n’ earwax, part unbridled creativity. Now you can wear that essence, in the form of Demeter’s Crayon Cologne. At $19 an ounce, you better hope the message you’re giving off is Raw Sienna, not Burnt Umber. [Perpetual Kid] More »
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