Dispensary Corner 13 May 13
May 13, 2013
Japanese scientists have
released two new robots which
warn users if they suffer from
offensive body odour.
Fukuoka-based CrazyLabo
collaborated with the Kitakyushu
National College of Technology
on the gadgets, which utilise
“artificial olfaction sensors” - or
basically electronic noses.
One of the robots has been
created in the form of a woman’s
head, and when users breathe on
it ranks their halitosis.
The other one looks like a dog,
and growls when it’s confronted
with smelly feet, says the BBC.
Responses from the bad breath
sensor range from “it smells like
citrus” to “there’s an emergency
taking place that’s beyond the
limit of my patience”.
The robot dog for foot-odour
nods its head while analysing the
smell of a user’s feet, and then
cuddles up and plays Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony if it’s acceptable.
However stinky feet will cause it
to make a growling sound before
it collapses and passes out.
Kennosuke Tsutsumi, the
president of the company which
has created the devices, frankly
admitted he was prompted by
family complaints about his own
offensive body odour.
Put away that Grecian 2000 -
German scientists have found a
medication-related method of
getting rid of grey hair.
The team from the University of
Greifswald cooperated with other
researchers at Bradford University
in the UK, and found that greying
is due to “oxidative stress” in
which hair accumulates hydrogen
peroxide and loses its colour.
They tested a “modified
pseudocatalase” drug on patients
with a pigmentation condition
known as vitiligo, and found that
the medication recoloured the
skin and the eyelashes of subjects.
“Developing an effective
treatment for this condition has
the potential to radically improve
many people’s lives,” they said.
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