2 Responses for "Dilbert develops iPod killer"

1. Greg Courville

   April 22nd, 2007 at 10:25 pm

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   Try melting down a couple of little chips of hot-melt glue and mixing in various aroma compounds (whatever you can find in the kitchen cabinet), then depositing a dallop of each mixture on a set of small heating elements (e.g. some rectangular ceramic power resistors). Add some gentle airflow from a small fan, and some means of controlling the power to each element, and… voila. When cool, the scent is trapped pretty well in the glue, but when it’s is heated, the compounds begin to volatilize and get wafted off.
   There’s very little practical utility, of course, but it’s a fun project to play around with. I’ve found that peppermint extract, cinnamon oil, etc. work quite well…

2. turn.self.off

   April 23rd, 2007 at 11:30 am

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   the problem with smell is that unlike sound and and images, smell/taste is matter based, not energy based. so until we manage to do the star trek energy/matter conversion (we have done the other way since the day we learned to light fires) its highly unlikely that we will be able to do smell based systems (thats not bluky and cartridge based, like a ink based printer).