. . . Tokyo Institute of Technology engineers are working on a system that will capture and recreate signature scents on demand, New Scientist reports.
The tool picks up and records a smell using 15 chemical-sensing microchips. It then concocts a recipe from a list of 96 chemical ingredients. When you want to "replay" the odour, tiny drops from the stored vials are combined, heated and vaporized, releasing the re-created scent.
The system has successfully recorded and reproduced orange, lemon, apple, banana and melon with unprecedented accuracy, according to inventor, Pambuk Somboon . . .
. . . The system could have several commercial applications, the team says. For example, more people might buy fragrances or food online, able to sample the scent or simply get a better idea of quality before buying the goods.
This opens the way for a virus / joke that sends spiteful smell commands to a victim's computer - like (to use an extreeeeeeme example) a Big Booger daikon fart ("dai-fart" for short).
[SIZE="4"][color="Red"]Here's how a dai-fart "spike" would work:[/color][/SIZE]
[SIZE="4"]1. A brave soul would approach the original dai-fart"ground zero" and obtain a sample . . . [/SIZE]
[SIZE="4"]2. Somboon-sensei's invention would create an electronic signature for the dai-fart based on the 15 sensor microchips and 96 chemical ingredients.
3. The malicious spiker would send an email (or hide in a website a trap) with the signature to be activated by the victim's computer.
4. The victim's computer, once spiked, would unwittingly recreate the dai-fart and if any naked flames are present, this could be fatal . . . [/SIZE]
