Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam

Re:Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam by JTbane on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:22PM (#33026605)

Could you use this to detect flatulence in adults?

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Re:Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam by odysseus on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:32PM (#33026741)

For sure. I have a couple of Winix air quality sensors / purifiers and they power up (with red LEDs and rushing fans) almost immediately if anyone has a little gas anywhere in the room.

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Re:Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam by entropic88 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:46PM (#33027699)

My kids call our winix purifiers "fart detectors"

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Re:Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam by dpwm on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:32PM (#33026737)

If you were to have an array of such sensors, perhaps you'd be able to estimate direction of travel.

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Re:Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam by checkyoursudo on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:48PM (#33026974)

"I'm sorry, Frank. The sensors don't lie. I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

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Re:Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam by fghorow on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:09PM (#33027246)

Now there is a budding seismologist's answer! ;-)

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Re:Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam by IvyMike on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:00PM (#33027152)

DIY: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/fart-detector

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