Comments on: Worst New Mobile Idea Ever http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/04/08/worst-new-mobile-idea-ever/ Behind the Scenes at Ilium Software Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:08:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kevin White http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/04/08/worst-new-mobile-idea-ever/#comment-27100 Kevin White Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:12:04 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=328#comment-27100 If we had the sense of smell of say, a cat, I could see this working… but not for humans.

I think there have been a lot of attemtps to make some sort of ‘context-sensitive smell generator’ and none of them have actually lasted. Even Febreeze has some kind of ‘scentstories’ thing that I guess ‘plays back’ different smells to set a mood. Always seemed like a waste of 30 dollars when I could just buy some Citrus Whatever and spray it when the room smells funny…

People consciously view scent as an add-on to life. It’s only when it stops working that they realize how important it is. (One of my friends had some nerve damage in his nose and can barely smell anything.)

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