The oPhone's scent-texting is another thing from the movies that became reality

What could be the next big thing in messaging apps? Hint - it isn't Slingshot. Although the app is anything but lousy, it doesn't really smell like gold. The oPhone, however, does. Fashioned by Vapor Communications, the odor-ific phone relies on a "scent texting" system invented by Harvard's David Edwards and Rachel Field. It is, indeed, able to transmit scents over the air on a large distance. The oPhone's demonstration in NYC marked the world's first transatlantic scent exchange.



In its current incarnation, the oPhone looks more like a little boat, and definitely ...