Wednesday 11 April 2007

An Odor Eliminating Light Bulb

Recently, I'm taking a product design workshop. I was asked to design a lamp with emotional meaning. It means the design, to some extend, must have a meaning for its own sake rather than just following its function. So, I proposed to make a lamp with smell. I doen't mean the smell of burning. Yes, anything given to me would become related to smell. It might not be a good thing. Anyway, the instructors seemed impressed by the idea. Ha, smell always has its power to impress people, either in a good way or a bad one.


Then, I went to google to have a rough search. It came out this site:




An Odor Eliminating Light Bulb
http://www.fresh2.com/

This is a bulb which claimed to deoderized the air in the room. Costs $19.99 USD - 2 Bulbs. Ha, I very wonder if it works or not! I don't wanna be mean, but just doubt if this company is still survived.

Saturday 31 March 2007

機場4D影院開幕 體驗光影色香味 - 4D Cinema

(明報) 03月 31日 星期六 05:10AM

【明報專訊】每次到香港國際機場,除了上機、落機、接機,還有沒有新搞作?市民不妨趁復活節假期到機場的「4D超立體巨幕影館」,透過樓高5層、全亞洲最大的4D銀幕,欣賞加入7種感官效果的立體電影,包括雪飄、風吹、水濺及各種氣味等,如感受在北極險地中的雪花飄降、疾馳汽車中的陣陣勁風。不過,要留意4D電影不設字幕,稍嫌美中不足。

全亞洲最大銀幕

政府以28億港元打造的機場2號客運大樓翔天廊,引入不少新商戶組合,包括由洲立影藝有限公司、機管局和影片技術供應商SimEx-Iwerks,聯手創辦亞洲首個4D超立體巨幕影館。

影館昨正式開幕,投資額高達1000萬美元的影館設有5層樓高的超巨型銀幕,是現時全亞洲最大的4D銀幕。設有360個座位,每天播放8至10場3D立體電影或4D特效電影等,題材廣泛,如高空飛行歷奇、外太空探索以及科幻歷險等。

所謂4D,是指3D立體電影外加入配合劇情的感官效果。影院是目前全球具備最多官能刺激效果的4D特效電影館,共有7種感官效果,包括雪飄、風吹、水濺、氣泡、霧、光和氣味。

票價30至70元 不設字幕

票價方面,按片種收費30至70港元不等,營業時間與一般戲院相同。院方照顧旅客,安排行李寄存。不過,3D及4D電影因技術問題不設字幕,觀眾入場前應注意。

影館早於2月「軟開幕」,其中農曆新年上映的荷李活電影《莎樂的神奇網網》,為35mm電影加上感官效果,成為全港以每場平均入座率計算最高票房的影院。發言人不願透露實際票房,只表示農曆年期間有六成至八成的平均入座率。迪士尼動畫《羅拔神奇家族》於下周在該院上映,是該片3D粵語版的「獨家放映」場地。

以旅發局主席身分最後一次出席公開場合的周梁淑怡 表示,4D影院是繼迪士尼和東涌纜車昂坪360 後,另一大嶼山旅遊新景點,相信可吸引更多市民及旅客來訪。香港國際機場機場地產業務總經理楊嘉倫補充,影館有助吸引旅客轉機、候機,花15分鐘入場看戲。現時通往機場的交通四通八達,相信亦可吸引市民來到翔天廊。

Sunday 11 March 2007

Smell the books

Just create a booklist in Amazon. I found that is quite a good service to keep my booklist. Surely, it also helps Amazon to sale books.

Please feel free to let me know if you find any books related to smell too.

Wednesday 7 March 2007

Make Scent Studio

Yes, finally I decided to make a blog to record my dreams in interactive media. One day, if I can have my own studio, it will be called... "Make Scent Studio". for fun.