“But my job description just said ‘office chair…’”

April 14, 2009

FlatulenceMonitor.pngAs John Herrman writes: Man Builds Chair that Tweets His Farts, Single-Handedly Justifies Twitter’s Existence.

Today’s New York Times has a story about twitter that, in passing, points out that SMS offers a pretty convenient format for automatic monitoring human behavior.

But I think the automatic flatulence detecting office chair tells the same story, more vividly. Instructions one can be found at instructables.com.

(Thanks to the comment from tilde.)

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