September 14, 2005
Phones that can smell, minus the breath mints
In the next five to 10 years, mobile phone users will be able to detect changes in the facial expressions and even in the smell of the person they are talking to, according to Jeong Kim, president of Bell Labs, the research arm of the U.S. firm Lucent Technololgies. JoongAndg Daily reports.
"Elaborating on the new cell phone technology developed by the laboratory, Mr. Kim said that smell-transmitting sensors, lenses that follow the movement of eyeballs and microphones as narrow as a human hair already exist, and would be on sale within a decade.
Articles related to facial recognition:
-- Omron Designs New Facial ID Software For Mobile Phone Handsets
-- KDDI R&D Labs Develops Facial Authentication System For Cell Phones
-- Omron Produces Face Recognition for Mobile Phones
Articles related to cell phones and fragrance:
-- Transmitting fragrance by SMS
-- New German Mobile Phone to Detect Bad Breath
Some other amazing applications:
-- 2003: Cell Phones - for so much more than just talking - ... Down the road, research is working on cell phones which can warn of gas leaks (thanks to sensors that verify changes in the atmosphere) and cell phones that will be able to warn about the presence of bacteria and viruses (thanks to bio-sensors) or detect dirty bombs (thanks to detectors that can upload information to a central database).
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