Guest guest Posted November 12, 1999 Report Share Posted November 12, 1999 Hi there: I'm Deborah from Chicago, IL, USA. I do patent work and thought I'd share something I'd come across in my reading. The following is from the cover story in the November issue of Wired, the computer magazine. " Aromatherapy can now go online. Though its healing powers are debatable, Bellenson maintains that some oils are definitiely antimicrobial; they may not kill infectious agents in the bloodstream, but they'll certainly disinfect the room. Bellenson also believes that odors can play a significant role in affecting mental states such as depression--and sexual excitement. Pheromones, which seem odorless, Bellenson points out, 'can make people feel sexy--or hungry.' Thus gourmet-food distributors could induce cravings for their products, while XXX-rated Web sites could crank the user's libido. By early next year, you should be able to seriously sniff around www.digiscents.com. . . . There's even the prospect, unconfirmed at press time, of odor broadcasting. . . . A typical scent, using the Bellenson-Smith encoding format, can be defined with less than 2 Kbytes of data. " (Platt 261) Bellenson and Smith are working on box that contains certain oils that can be heated per digital " recipes " received from a computer. I haven't checked out the web site. The concept's interesting, tho. Deborah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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