<p>Japanese scientists have developed a ‘Smell-O-Vision’ TV which they say could emit the exact smell of the picture on display.<br /><br />The TV, according to the scientists, will release a candy floss smell when the image shows a fairground and can even emit the briny scent of the seaside when people look at their holiday photos.<br /><br />The technology used in the television makes printers to spray small amounts of scent rather than ink, The Telegraph reported.<br /><br />“We are using the ink-jet printer’s ability to eject tiny pulses of material to achieve precise control,” said lead researcher Dr Kenichi Okada of Keio University, Tokyo.Ink-jet printers work when a pulse of current heats up a coil of wire and creates a bubble that forces a small amount of ink down a tube onto the page at high speed.<br /><br />The Japanese team adapted a Canon printer to squirt four “ingredient” scents and managed to get hints of mint, grapefruit, cinnamon, lavender, apple and vanilla, for a fraction of a second.<br /><br />Previous attempts<br />Something similar was developed in the US in the ’60s, with scents released from sachets hidden in the seats to make cinema audiences more engaged with the entertainment.<br />However, the smells took too long to clear the auditorium and they were scrapped.<br />Previous attempts to add smell to films has included numerous additions of perfume, such as putting scent-soaked cotton wool by a fan blowing over viewers to squirting it from a balcony. <br /></p>
<p>Japanese scientists have developed a ‘Smell-O-Vision’ TV which they say could emit the exact smell of the picture on display.<br /><br />The TV, according to the scientists, will release a candy floss smell when the image shows a fairground and can even emit the briny scent of the seaside when people look at their holiday photos.<br /><br />The technology used in the television makes printers to spray small amounts of scent rather than ink, The Telegraph reported.<br /><br />“We are using the ink-jet printer’s ability to eject tiny pulses of material to achieve precise control,” said lead researcher Dr Kenichi Okada of Keio University, Tokyo.Ink-jet printers work when a pulse of current heats up a coil of wire and creates a bubble that forces a small amount of ink down a tube onto the page at high speed.<br /><br />The Japanese team adapted a Canon printer to squirt four “ingredient” scents and managed to get hints of mint, grapefruit, cinnamon, lavender, apple and vanilla, for a fraction of a second.<br /><br />Previous attempts<br />Something similar was developed in the US in the ’60s, with scents released from sachets hidden in the seats to make cinema audiences more engaged with the entertainment.<br />However, the smells took too long to clear the auditorium and they were scrapped.<br />Previous attempts to add smell to films has included numerous additions of perfume, such as putting scent-soaked cotton wool by a fan blowing over viewers to squirting it from a balcony. <br /></p>