Feddit.frBecause your PC should smell nice: Apacer adds essential oil diffuser to SSD
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A new kind of sensory and storage experience
Editor's take: The number of peripherals designed to release fragrances at computer desks is growing at a curious pace. To that end, Taiwanese company Apacer claims that external SSDs can provide an augmented sensory experience if a few drops of essential oil are applied to their surface.
Asus introduced the Fragrance Mouse earlier this year, aiming to bring a fragrant, almost synesthetic experience to the otherwise metallic world of computers. Now, another Taiwanese manufacturer is embracing the same concept while adding a touch of environmental friendliness.
Apacer claims the AS712 is the world's first SSD with an essential oil diffuser, designed for tech workers who deserve to dream of a more relaxed lifestyle while battling unreliable machines and confused corporate users.
The portable solid-state drive comes with a fixed "cradle" and a diffuser stone, both made from sustainable materials includng natural bamboo and reservoir silt. While the cradle isn't strictly required – the SSD can connect to a PC via a USB-C cable – it is essential for getting the full sensory experience. [...]
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Deflated0neOf all the shit nobody asked for.
Well. At least it’s not actively harmful like most things these days. (Cough COPILOT cough)
One person asked for this. It has been an obsession of Adams’ (PCWorld) since he started sniffing the exhaust of steam decks. There was one vendor at CES selling scented thermal paste. I find the whole thing hilarious.
railway692since he started sniffing the exhaust of steam decks
Brother why?
PrimeErectiveThey smell good
Quite disagree that it’s harmless. Fragrances in the workplace are morally wrong (or at least kinda bad and should be discouraged). There is one hall near where I’m at that every desk has competing air fresheners and plug in stink bombs /shudder.
Nothing worse than getting in an elevator full of dolled-up saleswomen. I no longer hide it, I’ll plug my nose or pull the top of my shirt up over it
Possibly harmful in the sense it promotes habit-forming rituals. But we’re already addicted anyway, so maybe net zero effect other than brand loyalty
Since when are habit and ritual innately harmful? You’ve genuinely got me curious.
I didn’t say it was innately harmful. If it’s a feature no one asked for, there’s a good chance marketing is taking a shot at getting you hooked on something beyond performance/functionality specs. So, an extreme opinion, but we are surrounded by addictive designs that extend beyond the expected functionality.
Add it to your waifu build with the scented GPU.
I never thought I’d want a waifu build, but I want that graphics card now. Can we have lilac fragrance? More of a giant bush than a flower in most gardens I’ve seen it in, but it’s one of my favourite smells. I think I’m planting lilacs next year.
This feels particularly old-school in the category of nonsense accessories for your computer lol. Like I’d see it at a local surplus store with a label telling me it’s “Windows ME” compatible
Thus seems like one of those engineering decisions that make you question if some people have a different model of physics and chemistry.
You’re going to use *CASES* of contact cleanet if anything goes wrong and cans when they go right.
I would kill for more drain-holes and uses of slope to deal with issues like this. One of the things I miss about fixing slot-machines.
kbalI’d have thought the essential oil diffuser should be part of the video card so that it can release different fragrances depending on the colour palette of what’s being displayed.
That definitely exists. GamersNexus did a review of a card from (I think it was) Yeston a few months back that was covered in waifus and emitted an Ocean™ scent
Oh thepantser posted an image of it a few comments down lol
Darkassassin07It’s strange, but not a terrible use for the excess heat a pc gives off I guess.
Seems like the kind of thing you’d find as a random 5.25” bay accessory though (where a dvd drive would go).
Could you not just sit a little sponge on the warm top of the unit and add a drop of fragrance now and then?
A_norny_mousseThe portable solid-state drive comes with a fixed “cradle” and a diffuser stone, both made from sustainable materials includng natural bamboo and reservoir silt. While the cradle isn’t strictly required – the SSD can connect to a PC via a USB-C cable – it is essential for getting the full sensory experience.
OK, so this is more of an accessory than the drive itself. Bit weird but meh. I thought it was built in and the SSD internal.
AmbiguousPropsThey already smell nice (at least when they’re new). Gotta sniff that factory new scent.
InternetCitizen2I don’t know why but for some reason this makes me think of one guy like 18 years ago who sprayed the motherboard of his Compaq desktop with WD-40 because “it was runnin’ slow” and then brought it to me when that didn’t fix it.
I gave the motherboard a nice bath in electronics cleaner and replaced the hard drive (which was the actual problem). That PC definitely had a ’nice’ smell afterwards.
God this would be hell in an open office plan. It would drive me insane with just 1 of those but I imagine this company dreams of selling to as many “tech workers”
Well that’s redundant
OK, so this is more of an accessory than the drive itself. Bit weird but meh. I thought it was built in and the SSD internal.
Imagine running out of scent, so you have to open up your pc and there’s just oil everywhere
Yes, I imagine it would have to be externally connected not only for anyone to even bother to mess with it, but for it to even work with most computers. On my board the NVME slots are underneath a removable heat spreader plate which is itself underneath the area where the GPU overhangs its slot. There’s no way this would fit, and even if it did it’d require significant disassembly every time you wanted to touch it.
I imagine the majority of M.2 form factor SSDs are in space constrained locations where doing anything other than gluing a couple of millimeters thick heatsink to them is out of the question, and oftentimes not even that.
Yikes forever, on multiple fronts with this thing.
How the hell is this better than “unreliable machines and confused corporate users”? Seems it’s for nothing more than sneaking a diffuser into environments where it’s rightly restricted. Every single time I’m feeling remotely okay with such non-sense…
Someone’s getting desperate for new ideas.
We’ve kinda reached a point where no one has needed a new computer part for like 10 years excluding AAA gamers and video editors. Even then video games haven’t really changed appearance very much they are just way more poorly optimized.
Absolutely, we are coming out with new versions of RAM and PCI express and hardware that won’t take advantage of those specks for years. I built a mid tier to slightly lower end pc in 2016, and it can still play most games at max for 1080, which is fine. I built a newer higher end one near the end of 2023, and I fully expect to use this for the next 10 years min. Gone are the days of innovation where year to year would bring something crazy. I like that. Buying something that won’t be outdated in 3 years is perfectly fine by me.
This might be the dumbest product I’ve seen in a decade (excluding NFTs, of course).
Wtf
This smell shit is getting out of control. Already hard enough to find unscented shit now they pull this on computers? What the hell. This is stupid.
If I wanted my PC parts covered in oily substances, I would just smoke inside.
Sure why not