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The dubious ability to send odors (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/17/scent-generator-threatens-to-waft-odorama-into-the-21st-century/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) to your pals just became a distinct possibility thanks to the Scentee app and hardware from a company called ChatPerf. Seen in Japan, it works by letting you load a liquid refill into the device, which is then mixed and dispersed (http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/06/forget-smell-o-vision-usb-aroma-geur-lets-you-smell-the-radio/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) into the air at the command of an included app. The company noted a few of the myriad possible uses, like sending a smell to a friend who also has the device, perking up a yoga session, helping you wake up or making a shoot 'em up video game more lively with the odor of, say, gunpowder. It's still a prototype, but the company hopes to bring it to market with a variety of different odors, and launch it for iPhone or Android devices. Meanwhile, you can sniff it out in the video after the break.
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