> I have noticed several responses related to the smell of the old equipment. > I had been thinking the very same thing. > > You could trouble-shoot by the type of smell a failed component produced (cap > vs. resistor, vs choke, etc.) > > Ever notice how connected one's memory and smells are connected? > Think about the number of things, both good and bad, that particular smells > recall. > > Fresh cut grass, a certain type of perfume, a new or old car, fresh paint, > burning leaves, foods, etc.
Your olfactory nerves are better wired into your memory than any other input. The processing is done right at the cell site since it's simple chemical reactions and the results are carried to the brain for a direct feed. No 3D manipulation of objects for interpretation by memory is needed, no fourier breakdown of audio is needed, no association with learned speech is needed. There's a time in the spring after a little drizzle which brings back all sorts of memories. Only happens a couple times a year and always catches me off guard. Some research into smell has produced some sniffers which show promise. In a few years, they may even be better than a dog's sense of smell. They've had a few amazing cases of dogs finding people and/or bodies. One followed the scent of a child inside a car which had traveled up onto a highway for several miles then off onto a side road. Another where the handler put his dog in a boat and rowed around a lake until his dog reacted over a certain spot on the lake. Divers found a body almost directly underneath the spot. Diving and/or dragging the lake would have taken a long time and may not have succeeded. The Discovery channel had a whole show about it. Fascinating stuff. Now, if we could just train ourselves to sniff out some of those pesky EMI problems ... - Doug McKean ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
