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...walk at the same time. (My comprehension and my walking speed both diminish, but there are more distractions in my room than on a sidewalk in Waltham.) An unexpected consequence of this habit is that books and places become inextricably connected, each evoking the other as surely as the smell of Christmas trees means family and childhood...
...iSmell works a bit like an ink-jet printer. You slip a scent cartridge into the shoe-box-sized device, which can mix thousands of smells using the same chemicals found in perfumes and food. It then releases a dose of the scent in short, focused spurts. Though a spokesman announced the company's demise last month, DigiScents continues to pin its hopes on the video-game market. Co-founder and chief executive officer Joel Bellenson predicts that a year from now players firing off a round of ammunition in a virtual shoot-out will be immersed in the smell...
...would Gretsch, who concedes he has yet to test smell technology, react to a business plan from a smelly start-up? "In this market it would end up in the circular file," he says. Or, depending on the level of technobabble, it might have a more dignified end. "We save some business plans just because they're funny," says Gretsch...
Waldman acknowledges there are inherent limitations. There is no congregation. There is nothing tactile, nothing to taste or smell. Some rituals must occur in a certain place to have meaning - a cubicle doesn't make it. "Those who try to take 'real religion' and graft it online will indeed create a limp version of the real thing," he says. His opinion is echoed halfway across the world by Muthullah Tayeb, Web coordinator for islamonline.net. "We have to use this service for Muslims to know their religion and for non-Muslims to learn about Islam," he says. "But you cannot just...
...over smart notebooks which will take precedence over smart desks which will take precedence over smart rooms which will take precedence over smart houses. Certain exceptions will be granted. For instance, in cases of environmental control, interior decoration, security, knowledge access, large scale entertainment (including parties), documentation, communication and smell abatement the order will be reversed. Disagreements between smart objects that can't be resolved in five minutes of argument can be brought to trial or arbitration...