Digital Scent Technology

                                     

Currently, online communication involved only two of our senses, sense of sight & sense of hearing. Soon it will involve the third, the sense of smell using a nose. Digital scent technology is the main application of e-nose. With digital scent technology, it is possible to sense, transmit & receive smell through internet. DigiScents, an interactive media company, is creating iSmell Digital Scent Technology, new software which will enable scents to be broadcast from the Web. Dexster Smith and Joel Lloyd Bellenson, experts in bioinformatics and genomics, started from the following idea: “If we can find the essence of a biological smell and build a profile, we can digitize and broadcast it. Fundamental principle of artificial nose is that each sensor in the array has different sensitivity. The pattern of response across the sensors is distinct for different odors. Different e-noses use different types of gas sensors which form heart of e-nose.

                                            

                               

The smell synthesizer mean the device which is used to generate the smells. Such as iSmell is device used to produce the gas using computer. There are various types of smell synthesizers available in the market, but for computer the smell synthesizer is made by digiscents industry. The cartridge will contain chemicals either natural oils or synthetic fragrances that will be activated by either heat or air pressure, when you send a signal from your computer. Currently 128 chemicals are stored in a cartridge. Similar to an ink jet printer, those oils form the core of a replaceable cartridge, which is inserted in the company's iSmell device.

There are many applications for digital scent technology such as:

Ø send scented email

Ø watch scented DVD's

Ø play scented video games

Ø sample a perfume from a beauty product's website

Ø smell the assortment of freshly brewed coffees for sale in their online store.

There are three basic types of applications that the digital scent technology seems a logic fit at the moment.

Ø Education: Scent is an effective teaching tool for subjects such as Geography, History and Sciences.

Ø Entertainment: Scent will make music, movies and interactive games life like and immersive.

Ø Medical: Aromatherapy is a kind of curing certain diseases by using different types of smell. It helps in identifying dementing brain disorders

Ø Over the Theater: After some time the virtual theaters will come in the market. This virtual theater is basically the concept of the virtual reality.  For example if we are watching a movie and we see burning of tier then we will fill that smell in theater.

                                      

Ø Over the Television: After some time over television will came with more picture quality, better voice as well as iSmell device, which will create more interest in watching the television.