Archives for April 2007

Total 18 pages : First ... « 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18]

These pictures stink

Loo L. Farpi, CNET.com | Apr 02, 2007

You've seen pictures that lie, musical picture frames and cameras that help you fake it. But did you ever think we would finally get to the scratch and sniff stage?

The EasySmell PU 705 digital camera, announced on Saturday at a press event in Tokyo, will offer seven distinct scent modes.

It's based on the same type of technology that scientists pondered for the in-house smell-o-vision at a Japanese movie theater.

The scent modes include "cheese", "chocolate", "beach", "floral", "cocktail party", "rain" or "diesel" (my personal favorite).

Users choose scent modes as they do scene modes for better photos. The chosen scent is saved with the digital photo as metadata. Any computer with EasySmell software and the accompanying scent emitter plugged in to its USB port can play the chosen scent whenever the photo is viewed.

The scents automatically change with corresponding photos during a slide show, and can even been smelled when viewed on a Web page.

Note: This is an April Fool's posting

Read more gizmos here | Via CNET Crave

Filed under: Digital Cameras
Leave a comment | Bookmark | Share

del.icio.us

Digg this

Furl

Yahoo My Web

Google bookmarks

Facebook

close this

Add tag

To add tags, you need to become a member. It's FREE.

Cancel

Log in or sign in

Bug freezer

Juniper Foo | Apr 02, 2007

Talk about weird science. Rather than the usual insecticide spray used to snuff out nasty critters in the house, this one freezes those winged and multi-legged terrors of housewives with a minus 40-degree Celsius spray, putting them into a cryo state of no return. There are two variants--one for flying insects, the other for ground-hugging bugs. This is apparently harmless to the environment and to human health. But if you've ever watched Demolition Man, we'd suggest you don't try this on yourself. Just in case.

Via Japan Today

Price: Flying bugs, 300ml 682 yen (US$5.78), 450ml 924 yen (US$7.83), ground-hugging instects 300ml 787 yen (US$6.67), 450ml 1,029 yen (US$8.73)
Availability: Varsan Lion
Device: Insecticide
Specs: N.A.

Filed under: Gadgets
Leave a comment | Bookmark | Share