THE O-PHONE

Wait, what!? How is that
even possible?

The O-Phone, A newly designed addition to the amazing world of technology, has allowed users to write a small message and attach the smell to send to other users of the O-Phone. It functions by duplicating the aroma sent by blowing air through "scent cartridges" in various ways causing the smell to be replicated.

WHO MADE THIS SORCERY?

THE OPHONE IS THE INVENTION OF DAVID EDWARDS AND HIS HARVARD STUDENTS, RACHEL FIELD AND AMY YIN, AND HAS BEEN ASSISTED WITH MANY HOURS OF WORK BY LE LABORATOIRE, THE WYSS INSTITUTE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AND DESIGNERS BAPTISTE VIALA AND LAURENT MILON.

CAN YOU RECORD SMELLS TO SEND?

"Sadly, you cannot yet transmit a recorded smell. However, being able to transmit the aroma of what I'm experiencing through a kind of a camera is unimaginable, so I think that will be coming," David Edwards says.

IS IT ACTUALLY A PHONE?

In a way it is, and in another way it isn't. The oPhone can transmit a smell with a small recorded message, like a text message. But it cannot make phone calls and search the web like most phones yet.

WHAT OTHER THINGS CAN BE EQUIPPED WITH "SCENT SMELLING"?

Sadly, it hasn't been made to be compatible with anything as it is fairly new. But who knows what will be equipped with an OPhone in the future, maybe televisions so you can smell what you're watching, or maybe computers for when you're looking up what you want for dinner, the possibilities are ENDLESS!

HOW WILL THIS EFFECT TECHNOLOGY?

This new invention can change the way we use technology and science itself! For example:

EXAMPLES

• See how aromas effect uninhabitable places
• Help scientists work across the world by sending smells to one another
• Send childhood memory smells to family
• Can help advertise products like food and cologne.

WELL, WHERE CAN I BUY ONE?

The OPhone will go on sale late fall but a specific date, location, and price has not yet been verified. It is most likely to first go on sale in London due to it being created and manufactured there.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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• "Smell-O-Vision Is Real, and It’s Called the OPhone." Digital Trends. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
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