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Olfactory Graphing
Algorithmic dispersion of synthetic scent particles to reflect categorised quantities. | |
An olfactory bar chart would be a series of different smells of
<edit>varying
intensity</edit>. An olfactory pie chart would be a mixture of
different
smells.
There is a more general need for canine user interface
conventions in
computer design. Well, when I say "need", ...
Smelly fire alarm
https://www.reuters...idUST29421020080318
Fire alarm using smells [Frankx, Sep 12 2021]
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What's a smell of barring obesity? |
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[Voice] I think that’s the clue to what this idea is
*really* about - a look-up dictionary of words that
might easily mistakenly replace other words in
predictive text. Any apparently garbled message
could be passed through this dictionary app to
create a list of plausible alternatives based on a
spectrum of butterfingered predictive texting |
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[hippo] - that’s a good idea. Is that what this is? |
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So this is using smells to represent and compare
numerical values? Mixing up sensory inputs sounds
fun, I like the idea of a kind of functional
synesthesia. +
But how? You couldn’t have “Lemon = 10, Cut grass
= 11…” - all the smells will blur into a meaningless
mixture. |
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//more need for canine user interface// I first
read as “need for more caffeine…” |
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Chemically communicating with dogs. Smells like a good idea to me. |
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Blending smells on a pie graph or a cloud seems to
make some sort of sense. I wonder how many
dimensions would be appropriate and how you
could rationally quantify? Would you have an
organic chemistry "decayed rotten diaper / bleach"
axis, and a "floral / salty" axis, and another axis or
perhaps hue for intensity? |
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Scents are not intuitively linked to numbers. |
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At wine tastings there's a spittoon and frequent sipping of water
to prevent the smells all blurring together. Some sort of nasal
flush might be required to separate discrete elements, such as
those of a bar chart - or it might be enough to prevent lingering
particles if everyone shaved their nose hairs before starting.
This would not apply to the pie chart, in which the different
smells would be simultaneous by design. |
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Only a small section of society can map quickly with rigidity, so not really for the general populous. |
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"Accounting, you are expected to report for smelly mathematics training on Friday at 4pm" |
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Take away the communicating cloud. Maybe TMS bowlers?. easier for baselining as well. |
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I give up, [wjt]; what's a TMS bowler? |
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