What was all the stink about 'Google Nose'? - Firstpost

Would you like to make Firstpost your default homepage?   Yes | No Google 'Nose' everything about smell… or so they claim. In a bouquet of April Fool's offerings, which also included a claim that YouTube would be shutting down, Google  also 'launched' Google Nose, which will apparently allow users to interact with search through smell. A screengrab from the Google Nose 'homepage' The search engine which claims to have 15M+ 'scentibytes' offers some howlers like "Wet dog" (described as being aggressive and foxy with notes of musk and wet towel) and horse manure, apart from other more 'normal' scents like lemon. In an 'introductory video' (Google did a lot of them yesterday), Jon Wooly of the 'Google Nose' team explains that they were inspired by his families puppy who uses her sense of smell to discover things. The companies 'mobile aroma database' reportedly merges "photons with infrasound waves that temporarily aligns molecules to emit a particular scent". Wonderfully geeky jargon – Google. we're impressed. "People dont always have time to stop and smell the roses. And now we are changing that", says Wooly. Did you fall for it? Watch the Google Nose video below: Firstpost encourages open discussion and debate, but please adhere to the rules below, before posting. Comments that are found to be in violation of any one or more of the guidelines will be automatically deleted: Personal attacks/name calling will not be tolerated. This applies to comments directed at the author, other commenters and other politicians/public figures Please do not post comments that target a specific community, caste, nationality or religion. While you do not have to use your real name, any commenters using any Firstpost writer's name will be deleted, and the commenter banned from participating in any future discussions. Comments will be moderated for abusive and offensive language. via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE9gtsERfNiAWqilkUt05HnoslVRg&url=http://www.firstpost.com/tech/what-was-all-the-stink-about-google-nose-680553.html

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