A Printer That Can Print Scents?? What an awesome concept! Scientists from the Keio University in Japan are developing a printer that can print scents onto the paper. As of right now, they can get the printer to print out scents but there are a few kinks in their plan. First, the scent doesn't say on the paper for much longer than a sniff or too. Second, they have yet to develop how a printer will hold and print many different scents at one time.
But think... the possibilities are endless for something like this! They could print menus with this printer and you would be able to smell the dish before ordering it. They could print cologne or perfume ads with this printer so you wouldn't have the annoying flap in magazines to smell them.
I'm pretty excited about this, but I doubt we'll see anything like this being mass produced anytime soon.
It's just like those billboards that were supposed to give off the smell of a steak if that's what was being advertised on the board... I have never seen one of those!
Noooo! I swear I came up with this invention like 10 years ago. Thats what I get for not developing my ideas. Oh well, I still could invent the phone that can transmit smells.
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ReplyDeleteThis would completely change the face of print advertising as we know it. Could we possibly see a shift in the way that companies shift advertising dollars to include one such as this that infiltrates the senses?
ReplyDeleteMaybe dollars will shift from technology based ads on the Internet to hard ads that are made with smelly printing! Crazy and inventive!
I can also see this changing how companies advertise via printed media. Something like this could help to distinguish a product from it's competitors.
ReplyDeleteThe developers could even go so far as to make a scent that rubs off on your hands when you touch it. That would certainly leave a lasting impression!
Wow...this can definitely beat the purpose of scratch and sniff, which you have on various products. Once this printer is in production it can be used by many companies to promote their products and no more scratch and sniff which tend to run out pretty soon.
ReplyDeleteThis could also be used in textile printing, to print scented clothes. That would be really cool.