Smelling Screen Television

Smelling Screen Television

Inventions like "Tome Theater" and "3D Glasses" are a clear demonstration that people like to feel that they form part of the scenes they are watching in front of a screen; but, have you ever imagine the possibility of smelling the aroma of a delicious dish transmitted by a TV program while you enjoy the comfort of your couch? Technology bets to achieve it.
A team of researchers from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, have developed a prototype smelling screen which release scents when an image of an aromatic object is shown.

How does it work?

The system has four fans located in each corner of the screen. The scents are produced by introducing odor vapor pellets into the four fans that vaporized the pellets and blow them into place. Besides, the screen has been perfectly designed in a way that the airstream of the fans can be adjusted so that, people perceive the odor as emanating from a specific place of the screen. It means that if a cup of coffee appears at the bottom corner of the screen, it seems like the odor is coming from the same spot.

Undoubtedly, it is an amazing experiment. However, the Smelling Screen is so far of being commercialized due to there are not enough people disposed to pay for a television that release odor.

What do you think? Would you like to have a TV like this?