We admit it: there could be another gadget that does not breathe pretentious'll the smell of the polluted days. But does a good, demonstrating a concept called Smellie: a miniature factory smell that is designed to connect to your PC and make a "fourth dimension" of video and games. Its creator, Nuno Teixeira, even claims that he met a French company to build the device and show the Design Fair in Lisbon next week. However, the principle of a generator of almost life-size perfume has been shown by others, but we are not convinced that we need to open a window.
Between Godalming and Haslemere, in Surrey, near the English village of Witley, once stood one of the most lavish private residences in the world —the Witley Park. Originally called Lea Park, it belonged to a man named Whitaker Wright who made his fortune by defrauding shareholders of hundreds of million pounds —not once, but twice in two different continents. At the peak of his financial crimes, Wright bought the vast 1,400-acre Victorian estate from the 15th Earl of Derby and built an extravagant 32-bedroom mansion, among other things like a racecourse, a theater and a private hospital.