Perfume-puffing robot sniffs out social media mentions
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. ...
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