Japanese firm sniffs out new opportunities on the Internet
TOKYO, Nov 18 (AFP) Moving beyond the monopoly of sight and touch in the computer world, a Japanese company is offering a service to download aromatic
scents at a click of a button.
A customer who wants to be surrounded by a new fragrance has a choice of six scent oils ready to mix in a blender, which is hooked up to the computer like a mouse.
Workers who look to burn the midnight oil can pay to smell the fragrance called "Scent for working another 12 hours" and those with time ahead of them
on the screen can choose "Scent to be an IT winner."
"There are already services you can read and hear such as e-mail, blogs, the Internet, music and ring tones, along with virtual services such as downloading pictures," said Shunichi Hamada, deputy manager of NTT Communications' sales promotion department.
"But we decided to go beyond those services. This is one that brings out emotions," he said.
NTT Communications said it will soon also offer a service called "Spiritual
Harmony" which can analyze a person's ability to communicate or adapt to
outside changes by taking the pulse from his or her fingers.