Question: Is the human ear particularly attuned to fart sounds? Short answer: Yes.
Hold ’em or Fold ’em
The ICEF has a long history of seeking to understand farts through experimentation. In all cases, this has required the fart under investigation to actually leave the body. There are, however, a number of circumstances in which – for a variety of reasons – it’s best to keep a fart inside the body, if only…
Unquiet Meals, Part II
Question: How many times do people typically fart in the hour following a meal? Short answer: 3
Unquiet Meals
Question: How soon after eating do people begin farting? Short answer: 11 minutes.
Airplane Farts, Part II
Question: Is air quality on airplanes better or worse than in other environments? Short answer: Yes.
Airplane Farts
Question: What causes increased flatulence on airplanes? Short answer: Decreasing air pressure.
The Wind Blows Where it Wishes
Question: Is it possible to aim farts? Short answer: No.
Reverb FX: Part 3
This week’s post is the third of our three-part exploration of reverb, as applied to farts. This time around we’re using a Web Audio API extension for creating reverb nodes with an accompanying open-source impulse-response reverb library. An impulse is a short and loud audio event that is used for testing the response to sound…
The Mean Fart Theorem
Question: Why do many simultaneous farts sound like a single fart? Short answer: Math.
Spectral Farts
Question: What happens when a lot of people fart for a long time in a small space? Short answer: They see ghosts.