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Smell Technology: The Next Advance for Films and TV?

Digg / Television  Fri, 11/11/2011 - 05:47

Movies only take advantage of two of our five primary senses, with no element of taste, touch, or smell. Smells seem like the most feasible of the three.

It really is a shame Steve Jobs died at 56 because this is exactly the type of mind-expanding thing I could see him trying on a whim in his 70s or 80s when he entered his sagely wizard period.

It might work best for home entertainment at first, but who knows: it could give people a reason to go to theaters again.

Smell design would become its own industry. There’d be an Oscar for it.


 

Epic 4G Touch gets 'experimental' Windows-only root, overclocker...

Engadget  Tue, 09/20/2011 - 17:26

Epic 4G Touch Rooted Since you can't upgrade the GPU or add more RAM to your smartphone, there's really only one way to improve upon an already impressive handset like the Epic 4G Touch -- root it.


 

Daily Show's Best Nuclear North Korea Moments (Videos)

Digg / Television  Fri, 05/29/2009 - 08:20

As the world prepares to be destroyed at the whim of a ego-maniacal, platform-shoe-wearing living deity who may or may not be in his last throes, let's take a look at how we got here with The Daily Show.