Perfume-puffing robot sniffs out social media mentions
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[BBC News]
The old saying that your ears go red when people are talking about you is getting a 21st Century update.
Now your nose can tell you when you are being talked about on social networks thanks to a net-connected robot.
Called Olly, the robot watches the millions of messages passing through social networks and spots when its owner is mentioned. …
Olly (short for olfactory) has gone through several versions since its initial design. The latest plans are for a gadget much smaller than the original. …
Once finished, Olly can keep an eye on Twitter, Facebook or almost any other online account. The software that controls Olly can be tuned to emit a puff of perfume for a few different types of online interaction such as a retweet, posting a comment, a mention by name or a specific text search. …
See the full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18059740
