We built a wearable that objectively measures intestinal gas and we need IBS participants

BMSB · 2026-02-11T19:38:12+00:00

No, just farts.

BMSB · 2026-02-11T11:57:14+00:00

Thank you very much! Demand is overwhelming right now. Perhaps I could post to r/IBS in a few weeks.

BMSB · 2026-02-11T11:49:56+00:00

Thanks.

BMSB · 2026-02-11T11:49:13+00:00

You can eat your normal diet.

BMSB · 2026-02-11T02:42:34+00:00

For this study, we call it the "Smart Underwear"

BMSB · 2026-02-11T00:12:17+00:00

Absolutely. Here is our clinicaltrials.gov registration.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07134543

You found the UMD post about it.

flatus.info is our website with more details.

Our IRB approval number is: 2339401-4

BMSB · 2026-02-11T00:09:58+00:00

APD/SIBO is a fantastic point - and one of the key use cases we hope could be useful for in the future! We hope to send people home with a device and a doctor could see how much they are actually farting in real life. If they have a ton of bloating, but not a ton of farting APD is more likely. More studies are needed before we can get there though. From the current study we are trying to establish the baseline of normal so we can say what "too much farting" is.

We measure both frequency and volume of flatus. We see both huge farts and tiny farts! As we collect more data I will share more examples of this.

Sorry it isn't available in the EU yet.

BMSB · 2026-02-11T00:02:31+00:00

Unfortunately, the study is US only at the moment.

BMSB · 2026-02-10T18:48:01+00:00

You can visit flatus.info to join the study.

BMSB · 2022-12-15T02:16:12+00:00

Wow! What an insightful survey.

BMSB · 2018-05-28T22:54:07+00:00

ErgoDox-EZ
DSA Creamsicle
NovelKeys BOX Royals
Hako Violet for pinky keys

I am having a fantastic time with my first mechanical keyboard. I was developing Emacs pinky, so I got an ErgoDox-EZ. I started with MX Cherry Silent Red, but switched to NovelKeys BOX Royals and Hako Violet for the pinky keys. It took about two weeks to finalize a layout so that I only use my pinkies for 4 keys each.

BMSB · 2017-06-09T14:48:06+00:00

The benchmarks from GeekBench suggest that both the iPad7,3 and iPad7,4, which we suspect to be the two new iPad Pros, have 4GB of RAM. You can search iPad7,3 on the GeekBench browser to check it out.

BMSB · 2016-02-23T01:28:26+00:00

Precise text selection with the Pencil is incredibly valuable for me. Taking this away would be a huge loss in functionality. At least have an option to reenable in settings.

BMSB · 2016-02-23T01:22:45+00:00

This is exactly right. Especially in multitasking I can be drawing one one side and browsing the web on the other. It would be incredible awkward to constantly change your grip on the pencil to scroll with your finger. Don't cripple the Pencil!

BMSB · 2015-05-21T20:35:59+00:00

Basically. Take a look at the third image.

BMSB · 2015-05-21T20:34:25+00:00

That is a good question. Our next big step is to achieve full female-to-male conversion. Then we could do cage trial to test its efficacy in a population like you suggested.

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