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Track fart development in real time on your phone ..
Hands up, who thought 'Wonder how many times you can use it?'
Just me then.
Track fart development in real time on your phone ..
Track fart development in real time on your phone ..
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...-fart-development-in-real-time-on-your-phone/
As far as I can tell, it just analyses your farts .. so it tells you which foods aren't very good for you ..Does it release something to counteract farts?
Is there no real treatment for the flatulent?
It probably then docks you 'millennial points' to punish you for your personal contribution to global warming and for being an elitist white bastard.As far as I can tell, it just analyses your farts .. so it tells you which foods aren't very good for you ..
I hadn't thought of that .. it could be an emissions tracking device leading to fart fines !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...
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
I used to love 'Omni', it was rarely available from newsagents in Scotland/England, in the 70s/80s.In summer 1981 OMNI ran
The Furby Organ .. it's taken him 7 years to build this ..
Right, I've just done those three things skipper, what next? .. oh yeah, sorry, you meant him .. (I've got two girlfriends now)1. Step away from the espresso machine.
2. Get a girlfriend.
3. Learn how to spell.
maximus otter
Right, I've just done those three things skipper, what next? .. oh yeah, sorry, you meant him .. (I've got two girlfriends now)
Omni magazine didn't have soft porn pics: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)
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." ...
A baaaaaad idea.
One of the most impressive demos I've seen.A real hoverboard .. with crap music playing ..
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.
Coffee delivery droneImage copyrightIBM
Alternatively, people in an office could be able to summon a cup of coffee with a hand gesture.