These Bubbles Release Scents When Popped

If my kindergartner is any authority — and she’ll be the first to tell you that she is — bubble machines represent the coolest technology on the planet.

A new project out of the University of Bristol is promising to take bubble technology to the next level. The SensaBubble initiative is designed to provide a “chrono-sensory mid-air display system” that delivers information and feedback through multiple senses.

The bubbles generated by the machine are delivered at specified sizes and speeds, each filled with an opaque fog that can be custom scented. Pop the bubbles, and you get cinnamon, or pine trees or what-have-you. Read more...