The future is here: Track your farts on your phone

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The future is here: Track your farts on your phone

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WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01 ... our-phone/
The team developed an ingestible electronic capsule to monitor gas levels in the human gut. When it’s paired with a pocket-sized receiver and a mobile phone app, the pill reports tail-wind conditions in real time as it passes from the stomach to the colon. The researchers, led by Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh of RMIT University and Peter Gibson of Monash University, reported their invention Monday in Nature Electronics.

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I don't think I'll ever need anything else in my life ever again.

This is it. Nirvana.

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Fat_Bulldog wrote:I don't think I'll ever need anything else in my life ever again.

This is it. Nirvana.
Pffft, early adopters. I'll hold out for v.2 with the price decrease AND belch monitoring.

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i guess i track 'em the old fashioned way with my nose.

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Jocephus wrote:i guess i track 'em the old fashioned way with my nose.
That method is soon to become yet another lost (f)art.

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I hope it allows you to post your results directly to twitter and facebook.

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The early prototypes were a failure, but they kept working at it, and finally got to smell the sweet scent of victory!

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Terrorists! This removes all plausible deniability. I hate these men.

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BottenFieldofDreams wrote:Terrorists! This removes all plausible deniability. I hate these men.
You'll still be able to deny it on the elevator where your phone doesn't get service.

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