Google Nose : April fool stunt from Google??

[Shoaibb]

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http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/nose/

 

[Pak1stani]

Re: April fool stunt from Google??

I think nothing to be fooled/surprised about. There are real products which send smell.

[video]http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/13/japan-develops-smartphone-application-that-sends-smells/[/video]

Also many research groups are working on artificial Nose and there are several prototypes out there.

Google April Fool joke was shutting down YouTube

 

[mrcritic]

Re: April fool stunt from Google??

yea it is Aprils fools thing...

 

[Shoaibb]

Re: April fool stunt from Google??

I think nothing to be fooled/surprised about. There are real products which send smell.

[video]http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/13/japan-develops-smartphone-application-that-sends-smells/[/video]

Also many research groups are working on artificial Nose and there are several prototypes out there.

Google April Fool joke was shutting down YouTube

Google Nose was included in a list of jokes that Google planned for April 2013.....


source:

http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/0...gle-maps-treasure-hunting-to-youtube-closing/

 

[Pak1stani]

Re: April fool stunt from Google??

Since I have tried this artificial Nose so there was no surprise for me and thought it is real. Thanks for the additional info.

Google Nose was included in a list of jokes that Google planned for April 2013.....


source:

http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/0...gle-maps-treasure-hunting-to-youtube-closing/

 

[jaggu]

Re: April fool stunt from Google??

They did one on youtube as well.