• TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    3 days ago

    Top comment for me right now offers anosmia as a reason to want this kind of solution

    You didn’t ask but the statement of facts implied you might see that as interesting and valid

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, I did think about including that in my comment as a caveat, but it’s obvious enough. This could be a good product for a very tiny number of people. There’s going to be an attempt to sell it to the average person though, and the average person should ignore it.

      • T156@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        3 days ago

        It might make sense for industrial applications, where they can use it to tell if something has gone off before shipping it out, or having someone sniff all the food.

      • TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        3 days ago

        Average people will ignore it until economy of scale kicks in

        Even if it doesn’t do shit if it is cheap enough people will buy it

        And only when abundant enough will people start messing with the tech and rebel against it’s premise by doing new things that hadn’t been conceived before

        Maybe parkinson’s could be smelt by it

        Or maybe someone smells the moon with one

        We might start sniffing black holes next and find out we have a wagging tailbone and then realise