How to use the sense of smell and touch in virtual communication?

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«The mind is not, and can not be anything that could not be delivered to the senses"- anugita, philosophical texts of the Mahabharata.

Until recently, we communicated with the computer by employing only two of their senses - sight and hearing. Is it possible to link the digital technology with the other three - smell, taste and touch? And what will happen to people when this happens? Not whether a person is completely captured by the virtual world, where all five senses are turned into cyberspace? This is certainly a philosophical question, consider that we offer at your leisure. But technically, the first steps have already been taken. So, get acquainted!

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Olly - a gadget that allows you to recognize the smell of posts
There are different ways to identify Internet messages - from the use of color to different sounds.
But the research team Foundry ( «The Forge") of Mint Digital studios in London offering to recognize messages by smell. To this end, the group created a device which has been named Olly. According to the developed internet communication technology encoded smells and Olly, connected to a computer, is a "distributor of flavors." In other words, a subscriber can "smell" what information came to him: updating RSS-subscription, email, private message to Twitter, Facebook or offline, or maybe something else.

Foundry designers believe that the user should be able to tie their own odors to a particular post. As a physical carrier odors can act aromatic oils, perfumes, or even pieces of fruit.

Tie Twitter, Facebook, or any other resource with Olly

Every time you receive e-mail, comment or message, Olly fills the surrounding air definite flavor.

Now Posts smell

You can "fill» Olly any smell that you like

Olly is easy to stack, so having multiple units Olly, you can use different smells for different notifications.

Olly scalability allows a bank of smells

Molly - a taste of the Internet
But this did not stop the creative thought, and was coined by another device family - Molly, which for the same purposes and uses much taste, along with the message giving candy.

And what about all those sweets fit into such a little box?

Since messages are always many, and candy box is not rubber, designers have decided to give out candy not to each message, and after a certain number of them, the user sets. For example, it is possible to configure Molly issuing a sweet after counting a certain number or retweets tweets.

The candy is issued after the accumulation of similar events, such as retweets

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So, smell and taste began their journey on the Internet. And what about the sense of touch? It turns out, and here for the first steps.

Touching across the ocean
Researchers department of Industrial Design of the National University of Singapore (National University of Singapore) presented the device, named Roly Poly. Outwardly, it resembles an egg and is used for communication between two people who are far away from each other.

Tactile communication device of two people

The device is small enough and can take with them everywhere. Included are two "egg" - one for each. The principle of operation is quite simple: one person touches the "egg" - and at that moment another man unit starts to wobble, indicating that one person says something else. It works, even when they are in different countries.

Touch to those you love!

The invention at this stage has no analogues. His idea is to allow two people to the physical sensations to each other at a distance and thus an opportunity to show love and care. Experts believe that the Roly Poly mark the beginning of a series of such devices as the ability to communicate through touch had not taken into account.

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This, of course, only the first step.
Virtuality is getting closer. For better or worse, that you say?

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• A working prototype.
• 5 minutes + 20 rubles and wires are no longer confused (instruction).
• Humor. Bananochistka - semiautomatic (video)

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