News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent. Parent comment

Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by tetraodonpuffer on Friday July 28, 2017 @12:15PM (#14875335)
if the fire alarm is in a different room light would not work very well, with a strong enough smell no matter where you are in your dwelling you are going to notice it...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by Raphmedia on Friday July 28, 2017 @12:38PM (#14875505)
There are already phones for deaf people that you can rig to your house's light. When the phone ring all the lights of the house start flashing.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by mparr4 on Friday July 28, 2017 @12:21PM (#14875395)
I don't see how smell wouldn't suffer from the same issue as light.

If you're in another room (behind a closed door, for example) I can't imagine it's tremendously effective

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by FLUX-YOU on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:02PM (#14876206)
I'd hook the smell-alarm up to the ventilation system, and wire it to turn all of the ventilation fans on if the alarm needs to go off.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by adrianmonk on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:55PM (#14876583)
Isn't that going to spread smoke around and make the fire more dangerous? It would be better to just have smell emitters in every room.
[ Parent | on HN ]