Didn’t know who the smelly kid was growing up? It was probably you. Not sure who the smelly kid is in your workplace? There’s now a device that can help with that, letting you know if you’re in danger of alienating your co-workers or if you’ve been unintentionally warding off potential mates this whole time with the noxious fumes emanating from your personal space.
As Engadget explains, “All you have to do with the Tanita ES-100 is turn it on, flip out the sensor and point it to a part of your body you’re concerned is exuding too much musk. It measures particulate matter and after 10 seconds, will display how intense your odor is on a 0-10 scale (0, you don’t smell; 10, you don’t have friends). Level 5 and above means it’s time for ‘smell care,’ though it might be more effective if it just told you to take a dang shower.
The stench scale goes both ways: if you’ve applied too much deodorant or cologne, the pocket-sized ES-100 will let you know if you should tone down the aftershave a little. The replaceable sensor is good for 2,000 uses, or about a year.”
Considering how easy it is for us to get used to smells in our environment, most of us may not even realize just how much we smell at any given time. Or just how much our dogs or apartments smell. Keeping a device around that could keep us informed could go a long way towards improving our personal hygiene. Not to mention our social status.
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