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A company has found a way to incorporate smells into the Internet. Imagine, your significant other mentions you on Twitter and magically you smell his/her perfume. If someone tags you in a Facebook video, the scent of buttered popcorn or fruit fills the room. Olly makes an Internet with smell possible.
Olly -- a web-connected smelly robot -- created by London and New York-based company called Mint Foundry will give all your online notifications a scent. The creators figured since the web incorporates sight and sound, it's time to experience it in a different way.
Olly would scent anything from a tweet on Twitter, or Like on Instagram, to a photo tag on Facebook.
As seen in the video, Olly is a compact white box that has a removable space in the back that can be filled with any scent you desire. The company suggests essential oils, fruit, perfume, cologne or a drop of gin. They can be stacked, so you can give all your online accounts a different smell.
The process would involve downloading an application, signing in with a username and password into the Olly app and having the physical Olly reader.
Olly is not available for purchase yet. The company is working to garner backers for the project.