Dan T.
March-18th-2008, 08:55 AM
Those wacky Japanese. They've developed a fire alarm for the deaf based on a big whiff of wasabi.
Wasabi fire alarm a lifesaver for the deaf
Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:20am
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Wake up and smell the wasabi.
Japan has developed a smoke detector for deaf people that is based on the pungent smell of Japan's spicy green horseradish, an eye-watering condiment more typically found tucked under fish in a piece of sushi.
If it detects smoke, the alarm sprays out a synthesised wasabi smell that wakes up people who might have slept through a conventional fire alarm.
Assistant professor Makoto Imai from the Shiga University of Medical Science, who built the alarm in collaboration with Seems, a company that makes perfume, says the smoke detector may save lives among the hard of hearing.
Full article:
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-32526320080318
Wasabi fire alarm a lifesaver for the deaf
Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:20am
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Wake up and smell the wasabi.
Japan has developed a smoke detector for deaf people that is based on the pungent smell of Japan's spicy green horseradish, an eye-watering condiment more typically found tucked under fish in a piece of sushi.
If it detects smoke, the alarm sprays out a synthesised wasabi smell that wakes up people who might have slept through a conventional fire alarm.
Assistant professor Makoto Imai from the Shiga University of Medical Science, who built the alarm in collaboration with Seems, a company that makes perfume, says the smoke detector may save lives among the hard of hearing.
Full article:
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-32526320080318