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My robot dog’s got no nose…

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1. Blue ( Da Ba Dee) Eiffel 65 ( above) 2. Mambo No. 5 ( A Little Bit Of...) – Lou Bega 3. Sun Is Shining Bob Marley 4. We’re Going To Ibiza – Vengaboys 5. Get Get Down – Paul Johnson 6. The Launch Jean 7. Burning Down The House – Tom Jones & The Cardigans 8. Mickey – Lolly 9. ( Mucho Mambo) Sway – Shaft 10. Bailamos– Enrique Iglesias ( below) – – DJ – 1. Blue Streak ( above) 2. For Love of the Game 3. The Sixth Sense 4. Stigmata 5. Stir of Echoes 6. Runaway Bride 7. The Thomas Crown Affair 8. The 13th Warrior 9. Bowfinger 10. Mickey Blue Eyes ( below) THE devilishly- clever Japanese have invented a robot dog that sniffs your FEET when you enter the house – and tells you if they STINK!

Cyber- pooch ‘ Hana- chan’ gives you a pitilessly honest verdict – even fainting if the whiff is strong.

Malodorous trotters can be socially awkward in Japan, where shoes are removed when entering every home.

Hana- chan – a play on the Japanese word for “nose” and also a common girl’s nickname – will bark if it detects moderately smelly toes, but will keel over if the odour is really pungent.

The six- inch long pooch, equipped with a smell detection sensor for its nose, also sprays air freshener to resolve the situation if the aroma is unbearable.

Manufactur­ers Next Technology created the robot in response to a request from a fella who wanted to know if his feet really ponged.

“He told us his daughter had said his feet were smelly. But he didn’t want to know how bad the odour was because he would feel hurt,” employee Kimika Tsuji said.

“That’s why we developed this cute robot dog.”

Tsuji said smells are becoming more of an issue in Japan – a place where subjecting others to your honking body can even be considered harassment.

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