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Neutron
People play games, go shopping and meet dates on the Internet. So why not use the Web to download the perfect mood-enhancing fragrance?

A new service being tested by Tokyo-based NTT Communications sends out smells according to data received over the Internet.

Users attach a device to their laptops that resembles a crystal ball with a nozzle. The device receives aroma data from the central server and exudes fumes from the nozzle in accordance with that reading.

Well, I think this idea can be used for smells in movies. Maybe it's already been used, never heard about it.
Cryscresc
Neutron.
You may be interested to know that Aldous Huxley
described what he called "the Feelies" that incorporated
the use of touch and smell in his 'Brave New World'
See http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNot...pageNum-38.html
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