I still think that scent in accompanyment with screen technology is not so far away!
I think I was misunderstood when I brought up the topic - so I've added a couple links that relate to the japanese version of the 70's concept of "Smell-O-Vision".
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/12/japanese-movie-theaters-to-get-internet-controlled-smell-o-visi/
http://sparkplugged.net/2006/04/japanese-smell-o-vision/
http://ietfec.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/E89-A/11/3327
I understand that scent association is different for every person, but when thinking about memory aides, new associations might be made be giving the memory-disabled individual a whiff of an unusual scent when dealing with a specific item they need to remember, and have a 'scent displacer' that they can carry around to release a certain smell based on a button (ie: this smell will remind me where I put my keys because I smelled it when I put them down last).
I know the technology isn't there yet, but I think it's close, and not a bad thing to design for.
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Can you hyperlink these pls. Kat
Yes, links would be easiest. I believe that the capacity of scent to trigger memory requires time - which is to say that if we are exposed to many different odors in a row, their memory-triggering function is somewhat suppressed. So this would be something to take into account in designing scent-based mnemonics...
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