If you’ve ever eaten sushi, then you’ll know that a little dab of wasabi (or Japanese horseradish) goes a looooong way.
Now, a company in Japan has created a prototype silent smoke alarm for people with hearing disabilities. It sprays a mist of wasabi essence (from spray can wasabi!) into the air.
The pungent smell succeeded in waking up 13 out of 14 test subjects within 2 minutes. One deaf subject woke up in a mere 10 seconds.
Tempscire
That seems like it would burn, or at least be uncomfortable, if you inhaled too much of it...
emptyminded
Yeah, how well could you get out of the house with your eyes on fire from the wasabi in the air? I think people would wake up faster to the smell of bacon (I prefer turkey bacon).
Video Game Dork
Sux for sleeper #14.
Ashley
I'd rather wake up to my eyes burning from wasabi than... not wake up at all.
I wouldn't wake up to the smell of food, especially if it was in a deep sleep. But something as physically irritating as wasabi? Definitely.
Denita TwoDragons
Wasabi makes me wake up even when I'm already awake! I could see this having a LOT of potential, unless the person in question was a huge wasabi-eater in the first place. Then all it would do is maybe make them dream of noshing on sashimi.
Just thinking about wasabi has me hungry for some sushi, though. *Pavlovian drool*
--TwoDragons
grantr
is it just me, or would a much more logical solution to the problem be a device that would shake the friggin' bed when there was a fire instead of spraying the poor saps with wasabi?
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