Come Home to the Scent of Roses Courtesy of Your Cell Phone

Bored with sending pictures and videos via your phone?  How about sending a scent from your phone or email to a system in your home so you can come home to the scent of lavender? While I consider this technology a niche at the moment for people who just have to have everything, I can see how it could be applied to entertainment in the future…movies with surround sound and scent, anyone?  Except I watch a lot of action and crime movies…do I really want to smell a decomposing body or the scent of someone who’s been living in the jungle for weeks?  Hmmm, suddenly the popcorn is churning in my stomach.

And of course, I always think about the naughty things one can do with a new technology.  Sure, while he loves you he sends you the scent of roses but what happens when he breaks up with you?  Does he send you the scent of rotten fish?  In addition to spam text messages, will we be getting spam scents?  Instead of the relaxing vanilla you expected, you come home to the eye-watering aroma of jambalya courtesy of a cajun restaurant’s advertisement.

Of course, I don’t think I have to worry about getting unauthorized scents any time soon.  I’m not sure I’ve gotten the hand of sending text messages from my phone much less scent recipes.