[Skunkworks] The 50 Worst Inventions

Thnks to Rad! for the link. :-) The articles are LOLEST! :-)) Smell-o-vision : Forget 3D — what audiences really want is to smell a movie. So goes the thinking of Mike Todd, Jr., who funded the ill-fated Smell-o-Vision gimmick in 1960, an elaborate system that allowed a film reel to trigger the release of bottled scents, which were piped to the audience in sync with pivotal moments in the movie. The only film to make use of Smell-o-Vision was 1960's Scent of Mystery, written specifically with the gimmick in mind. The results, predictably, stunk, and Smell-o-Vision was never used again Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1991915_1991909_1... -- www.projectskenya.info