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Wild, Weird & Wacky Inventions

Swifty said:
Track fart development in real time on your phone ..
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https://arstechnica.com/science/201...-fart-development-in-real-time-on-your-phone/
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Does it release something to counteract farts?

Is there no real treatment for the flatulent?
 
Has nobody else spotted the name of the website that ran the fart story? It couldn't be more appropriate :rollingw:
 
Swifty said:
As far as I can tell, it just analyses your farts .. so it tells you which foods aren't very good for you ..
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It probably then docks you 'millennial points' to punish you for your personal contribution to global warming and for being an elitist white bastard.

Well it might...
 
Coal said:
It probably then docks you 'millennial points' to punish you for your personal contribution to global warming and for being an elitist white bastard.

Well it might...
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I hadn't thought of that .. it could be an emissions tracking device leading to fart fines !
 
Here's a weird invention 'blast from the past' ...

In summer 1981 OMNI ran an item about 'Rock and Roll Hot Pants', invented and marketed by a David Lloyd. These consisted of some shorts with a built-in audio speaker which connected to your stereo via a 15-foot cord.

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The story of how Lloyd was inspired to develop these pulsating panties is just as weird ...

David Lloyd, a self-described inventor and lecturer, was working on his latest invention - a musical flying saucer - when he accidentally stumbled onto something really big - rock 'n' roll underwear. ...

"I was inventing a flying saucer with speakers when one of the little speakers fell into my lap and I felt these vibrations," he explained, " and I said 'Hey, I think I have a new product.' "

Santa Rosa Press Democrat - June 27, 1981
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SOURCE: http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/rock_n_roll_underwear
 
Just don't listen to the theme tune to The Carpetbaggers on them...
 
EnolaGaia said:
In summer 1981 OMNI ran
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I used to love 'Omni', it was rarely available from newsagents in Scotland/England, in the 70s/80s.

There was a certain degree of risk in trying to buy it, in that it tended to have risqué pictures on the front, such that people standing beside you in bookshop/newsagent queues for the till assumed you were about to be age-checked (and shamed) for trying to buy Penthouse or Club International whilst being under 21.

(Mind you, there were newsagents in Scotland in the 1970s where an attempt even to buy National Geographic was seen as the actions of a seditious pervert...anything beyond 'The People's Friend' or 'Radio Times', and men in white coats would cart you off to 'Gilgal' (Carstairs) in a straitjacket)
 
maximus otter said:
1. Step away from the espresso machine.

2. Get a girlfriend.

3. Learn how to spell.

maximus otter
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Right, I've just done those three things skipper, what next? :) .. oh yeah, sorry, you meant him .. (I've got two girlfriends now)
 
Ermintruder said:
I used to love 'Omni', it was rarely available from newsagents in Scotland/England, in the 70s/80s.

There was a certain degree of risk in trying to buy it, in that it tended to have risqué pictures on the front, such that people standing beside you in bookshop/newsagent queues for the till assumed you were about to be age-checked (and shamed) for trying to buy Penthouse or Club International whilst being under 21.

(Mind you, there were newsagents in Scotland in the 1970s where an attempt even to buy National Geographic was seen as the actions of a seditious pervert...anything beyond 'The People's Friend' or 'Radio Times', and men in white coats would cart you off to 'Gilgal' (Carstairs) in a straitjacket)
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Omni magazine didn't have soft porn pics:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=o...9YXbAhXISsAKHemABwcQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=772
I loved that magazine.
 
I might still have that one around in a box somewhere.
 
It's never too early to nurture your unborn child's interest in music.

Inventors unveil musical instrument for unborn babies
A pair of Canadian music researchers developed a wearable electronic device for pregnant women that they dubbed the "world's first prenatal musical instrument."

Aura Pon, who received her PhD in music technology this month from the University of Calgary, and colleague Johnty Wang, who is working on a PhD in music technology at McGill University, unveiled the Womba, a device that is strapped across a pregnant woman's stomach to translate her fetus' kicks and other movements into music.

Pon said she first conceived of the Womba when she was pregnant with her first child in 2013.

"I thought it would be kind of fun to have him make sound," Pon told CTV News. "I'm always interested in different ways you can interact with sound and music."

The first version of the instrument was very basic, Pon said.

"The first version of the Womba was, essentially, just sensors taped to my belly which were set up to trigger sounds on a church organ," she told the University of Calgary's UToday.

"The location of certain kicks would set off certain chords," Pon said. "As far as being a bonding tool, I'll tell you that it was pretty amazing to be able to hear my baby making these sounds. It was magical." ...
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SOURCE: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/0...?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=11
 
In the event you can't live without your mobile device(s) long enough to shower, you can now install a shower curtain with pockets to hold a variety of devices, allowing you to watch, interact, listen, and / or message while bathing.

These are actual products available from Amazon. Here (below) are illustrations for two of them ...

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A baaaaaad idea.
 
It's getting so we have a world population who can't go five seconds without checking their likes on Facebook.
 
Swifty said:
A real hoverboard .. with crap music playing ..

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One of the most impressive demos I've seen.
The technology is a bit 'all or nothing' though - engine fails, you die.
 
It would appear IBM has forgotten their once-famous internal motto: 'Think' ...

Coffee delivery drone patented by IBM
A coffee-delivering drone that can detect when people are tired and bring them a drink has been patented by technology company IBM.

The patent describes a drone that can identify the "cognitive state" of office workers and lower cups of coffee on an "unspooling string".

Technology companies frequently patent products even if they have no intention to sell them in the near future.

IBM has not revealed whether it plans to produce the coffee drone.

The patent, filed in the United States, where the process can cost thousands of dollars, describes several variations of a drink delivery drone. In one example, coffee is dispensed from the drone directly into a worker's mug.

Another option describes hot drinks delivered in a sealed bag, to prevent any scalding drips.

IBM suggests the drone could be equipped with technology to detect blood pressure, pupil dilation and facial expressions and judge whether people are drowsy.
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Alternatively, people in an office could be able to summon a cup of coffee with a hand gesture.
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FULL STORY (With Illustrations): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45289281
 
What could possibly go wrong?
 
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