3. INTRODUCTION
• -The tech revolved around
Visual sense, Sound
variations and Feeling
vibrations.
• i.e. we can see, hear and
feel!
• -Smell is going to be
provided in addition to all
this stuff available in the
market.
• i.e. smelling a product
before we order it Online!
4. Let’s Define
-DST or Olfactory
technology is the domain
dealing with OLFACTORY
representation.
-Olfactory is completely
Chemoreception!!
-DST is technology to
sense, transmit and
receive the scent enabled
digital media.
web pages, games, music
andVR scenes
5. HARDWARE DEVICES
1. Smell Synthesizer:
Generates different
smells. E.g. iSmell
2. iSmell: Small device
connected to PC via USB
port. Has cartridge like
“Printer”.
- device read Digital
scent file and creates new
smell from 128 available
chemicals stored in
cartridge and wafts into air
with small fan.
3. Cartridge: has chemicals
& natural oils. Activated by
heat or air pressure after
signal is received.
6. PRINCIPLES
FOLLOWED
1. Basic Principle of E-
Nose:
• Each sensor in array
has different
sensitivity.
2. Sensing an ordant:
• Response is
recorded and
delivered to signal
processing unit
7.
8. DIGITALSCENT
COMMUNICATION
1. E-nose detects smell
molecules. Scent indexed
according to chemical
makeup and its place in
the cent spectrum.
2. Indexed scent I digitized
into small file by olfactory
signal processing and sent
as an attachment to the
recipient’s computer.
3. Receiving end- a personal
scent
synthesizer(reproduces
smell) and air cannon
(direct smell)
9. APPLICATIONS
1. Education: Effective
teaching tool for
Geography, History and
Science.
2. Medical:Aromatherapy
is a kind of curing certain
diseases by using
different types of smell.
3. Entertainment: will
make music, movies and
games life like and
immersive.
4. Send scented email
5. Sample a perfume from a
website
10. FACILITIES
• User can send any type of
smell so iSmell is
designed in a way that it
will give protection
against that smell.
• Scent cartridge contain
natural material
commonly found in
cosmetics and food.
11. LIMITATIONS
• Price- Most home
computer users won’t be
willing to pay $250-500+
price tag
• Technology is still
immature and require
committed partners and
investment to customize
the result in a suitable for
companies whose smell is
their branding.
12. CONCLUSION
• A Scent has a Strange
power over human
beings.
- Create mood,
intensify emotions
• Sense of smell is tied to
memory and emotion,
making it way to reinforce
ideas.
• Conclude that DST will
revolutionized the world.