The Silent Smoke Detector Sprays Wasabi in the Air



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.

Link (with embedded LiveLeak videos) - via Spluch


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Posted on March 18, 2008 at 6:13 pm by Alex
Category: Food & Drinks, Gadget, Home & Garden

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6 comments to "The Silent Smoke Detector Sprays Wasabi in the Air"

  • Tempscire
    March 18th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    That seems like it would burn, or at least be uncomfortable, if you inhaled too much of it…

  • emptyminded
    March 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    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
    March 18th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    Sux for sleeper #14.

  • Ashley
    March 18th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    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
    March 18th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    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
    March 19th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    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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