I considered becoming and early adopter but decided my needs would be better served after someone develops a ruggedized/MIL-SPEC version.

digital Farthings, here they come

Mythbusters made a version of this in an unaired segment of their 2006 episode about passing gas https://youtu.be/RHcDP_Yew-g?si=T7AONGdXPd4d_gM3

• elcapitan

  today at 6:18 PM

  > in an unaired segment

  checks out

Waiting on the legislation demanding that every underwear must have these "safety" features and then someone will insert a meter to those and start taxing us for every single puff.

• today at 7:46 PM

I’ll remind us all that the subject of human flatulence has been one of interest for some of history’s greatest minds - and humorists - for several centuries at the very least:

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-32-02-02...

Some PM somewhere is asking when this API will be available in the browser so that their site and its 413 trusted partners can delight their visitors with more relevant ads.

• today at 7:09 PM

I need a pair that can measure pitch and timbre.

My first question was: who funded this? Seems like a candidate for a Proxmire Golden Fleece Award.

This research was supported by the University of Maryland, the Maryland Innovation Initiative Phase I and the UM Ventures Medical Device Development Fund.

• toraway

  today at 6:38 PM

  Or just maybe, it was developed to further a legitimately needed area of medical research with direct human clinical relevance like quantifying differences in the microbiome for colorectal cancer, etc.

  The concept of the Golden Fleece awards (and whatever Rand Paul’s version is called) linking a reaction of “sounds stupid to me” by a random layperson with “taxpayers are getting ripped off” is inherently faulty and weaponizing populism to sabotage publicly funded scientific research.

When gas hits $5 a gallon at the pump, scientists get creative.

• whynotmaybe

  today at 7:05 PM

  Time to rewatch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderpants

• today at 7:09 PM

Future Ig Nobel candidate?

I signed up for the study. I like to participate in studies at the local college and I track my sleep and stuff daily on my watch. Kind of excited about this. I'll report back with my data if I get picked

Update: dang

Thank you for your interest in the Human Flatus Atlas and for your willingness to participate in our study.

Due to overwhelming demand, we are currently experiencing a temporary pause in onboarding new participants. At this time, we kindly ask that you save the personalized consent form link you received, as it will be required to continue your participation once we are ready to bring you on board.

We will send a notification once we have expanded capacity to accommodate all participants.

We are thrilled by the incredible response to this study and truly appreciate your patience and enthusiasm. We look forward to your participation.

Sincerely, The Human Flatus Atlas Research Team

• dguest

  today at 5:00 PM

  Ig Nobel is doing more for science than Nobel:

  - It's fun.

  - The prizes are accessible to young scientists who actually need the career boost from the publicity (as opposed to established scientists who are mostly boosting the prestige of the prize)

  - They promote awareness of how diverse and awesome science is.

• batch12

  today at 4:56 PM

  Sincerely, TH FART

• salad-tycoon

  today at 5:19 PM

  Small annoyance, the team name is missing an E.

  Wish they had gone with The Human Enterologic Flatulence Atlas Research Team.

I do think this has a chance of breaking records for clinical trial participation rates.

Life is stranger than fiction.

I need a smell amplifier

Some things should be left unknown.

I know this is worthwhile, especially with the rise in colorectal cancer in younger adults, perhaps this will help in early detection.

But I did take a double take and go “Is it April already?”

And I just invented a fart-tube to route gasses away from sensors - already assuming farts will be taxed.

• today at 7:10 PM

Meta should buy this and make people in 3rd world countries watch this in real time

• tootie

  today at 5:39 PM

  Was just thinking about the surveillance aspect of this. Nobody would be able to pretend it was someone else who farted.

This reminds me of one of the pinnacles of Canadian culture, Kenny vs Spenny. In one episode titled “Who Can Blow the Biggest Farts?” they used a device that measures flatulence to judge who blew the biggest fart.

I assume with this underwear we all can participate in gamified flatulence with a global leader board.

• today at 7:10 PM

These measurements will not be complete if they do not measure the other two states of matter, liquid and solid. I don't know about you, but they've been known to appear.

• WaxProlix

  today at 6:38 PM

  As long as you're not achieving Plasma you're probably fine.

• today at 7:10 PM

if they are electrified, they can be hacked to be an ignition source

That sounds like a classig igNobel Prize candidate!

• today at 7:11 PM

Hand ‘em the IgNoble prize already

• today at 7:09 PM

…and the Danes will tax it, just like they tax cow farts.

• CalRobert

  today at 4:41 PM

  Well, given that both are destructive to the planet, that makes some sense.

  (Also, cow burps are the bigger issue)

  • nullorempty

    today at 5:15 PM

    Clearly. Seems like the top concern for today's the powers that be.

• ramon156

  today at 4:51 PM

  Methane is the most harmful gas right now, but the solution for some reason is more money to the gov. Maybe we should do something about that meat industry

  • nullorempty

    today at 5:10 PM

    Methane you say.

    May be they should just stop the wars for now. Stop spilling oil into the seas. Stop dropping bombs. Stop all the crazy shit they are doing.

    As far as meat is concerned - our bodies need meat and fat to stay healthy.

    • 6510

      today at 5:56 PM

      > Stop all the crazy shit they are doing.

      But then we would have to accept methane is an excellent fuel and that we have an abundance of it. No one on the fortune 500 likes that idea.

I wonder what comes after that, a tax for methane emissions?

• Simulacra

  today at 4:25 PM

  You speak in jest but compared to other taxes that have been proposed.. I can't say that you'd be wrong

• kotaKat

  today at 4:22 PM

  "This workplace is an Ultra-Low Emissions Zone. Violations will result in a daily standing charge docked from your pay."

Can we bind it so when I fart it closes the tab?

- imagine if you had superpowers to do anything

- i would replace everyone s underwear secretly with a bass base to emit a loud noise everytime someone farted

- imagine how many loud bops you would hear at the airport every second

Tired: Kohler's poop camera.

Sleepy: Withings' piss sensor.

Wired: Smart fart panties.

This can potenitally help people actually tell if their microbiome is okay. Seems like an actually useful study and will be very helpful for doctors.

• salad-tycoon

  today at 5:23 PM

  Finally, we might have proof that family member(X) truly is releasing biological weapons grade flatulence at the next holiday get together.