FYI: Is There a Scientific Way to Measure How Bad a Fart Smells?

With this thing around my leather couch can no longer be considered a good cover story.

If this technology can miniaturized, I can already see this as an upscale option in your automobile interior of the future. Scenario: An occupant "lets a really stinky one" (lets say the technology allows you to set the odoriferous threshold) and suddenly the windows automatically open & the forced air increases for several seconds to "Absolute Max" to remove the pollution. Of course the flip side of this, for the bathroom-comedian-ilk, will be to make the settings temporarily lock the windows & doors as (A) emits insane laughter while (B)looses their religion while fumbling for the disabled window switches.

I see an immediate application for this tech. The state of MA has been trying to adopt a law restricting stinky passengers from using the public transit system. This tech could be positioned at the gate or door of every bus and subway terminal within the system and deny access based on a preset threshold, taking the human element and possible prejudicial accusations out of the equation. The inventors should contact the state of MA with this great invention…

We're half way there. For years now I've been saying someone needs to develope a small traffic light that will be outside every public restroom door. If it's green, it is safe to go in. If it's yellow, enter at your own risk, mainly if you have to go real bad and can't wait for green. If it's red...run...don't go in under any circumstance. Stay the heck away. I have walked into them many times and immediately felt like throwing up the stench is so bad, like somebody rotten inside just took a crap.

what the hell are cornell students doing building a fart reader

A fart is nothing more than the cry of an imprisoned turd.

This is an important invention for sewer (gas) leakage detection. In a bathroom it is usually very hard to find "where that nasty smell is coming from" (for example: siphon? shower drain? toilet-floor junction?). I hope they sell this in a portable form.

really when a quarter of the earths population is starving?!! your researching farts...this sounds like something that russian communistic newspaper would put on the front cover:
"Obese capitalists upper class university researches farts"
with a picture of an Obama caricature holding a wad of dollar bills and a fart collector tube up his a**....with a big smile

this will only be of use to someone who has plenty of money to waste on pointless things such as these

@dcerrone123
that and a lost burp

Yes, forgot about the burp. Thanks for the reminder :)

So now that Obama has us moving down a socialist path do you think we will have a re-distribution of farts so people with too many farts will have to give some up so they can be given to the people with less farts?

I remembered a russian "poem"...ill try to translate it but it wont sound right and won't ryhme

When the public starts straining, we'll see would get the upper hand

i typed to fast and forgo a word:

When the public starts straining, we'll see you will get the upper hand

I'd put what people post on Dealt-It.com up against that sensor any day!