Smart toilet which measures the size of your poo via water displacement with an online leader-board
Posted by pragmojo@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 24 comments
arbitrageME@reddit
How would you identify poo volume vs pee volume?
burneremailaccount@reddit
Drain the water, measure the remaining weight, fill back up with water to flush, then flush.
arbitrageME@reddit
then that has nothing to do with the "water displacement" method the prompt mentioned
burneremailaccount@reddit
No, but I am giving an example of how you would have to do it to get just the weight of the poo.
arbitrageME@reddit
well sure, that's easy. they even have these special toilets in europe that hold the poo and let you inspect it before flushing it away. but the prompt specifically said "water displacement"
Jeeperman365@reddit
You could use a program that analyzes the curve of volume change over time. Any gradual increase can be excluded from the tally as pee, whereas an instantaneous uptick in volume will be included. Of course they will have to account for diarrhea which is somewhat gradual, but I'm sure the engineers can play with the thresholds and figure this out.
burneremailaccount@reddit
Wow this is hilarious. Would make an amazing porta potty at a concert that you had to pay to use.
Giant_War_Sausage@reddit
It can’t measure size, only mass unless you add additional features to measure density.
Dapper_Sink_1752@reddit
Uhhh, this is the exact opposite if you use water displacement?
Giant_War_Sausage@reddit
Archimedes’ Principle: a (floating) object will displace its own mass in liquid. If it sinks, all you know is its volume and that it is denser than the liquid. This scheme only works on sinkers, not floaters.
Dapper_Sink_1752@reddit
If we're talking the biggest shits ever, toilets aren't very big. I don't really think the volume/water volume ratio allows for architects principle to apply
KwordShmiff@reddit
How do you control for urine in this scenario? I always piss while dumping, whether or not it's a big'n.
We're going to need specialized toilet design to prevent doodoo doping.
Giant_War_Sausage@reddit
Well… to beg the question; you control your urine!
KelpFox05@reddit
Cool idea if people were sensible, but I can already envision the headlines of people holding their poo for way too long in an attempt to beat the leaderboards and ending up with dangerous levels of constipation or even bowel obstructions. People will do anything for Number Go Up and that includes ignoring their health.
ahavemeyer@reddit
Every dorm in the country will buy 10 of these, and they will all be broken by the end of the summer.
glimmercityetc@reddit
bowl fillers unite
ctgrell@reddit
Make it yesterday because I had a big one last night and then an even bigger one this morning. I don't eve know where it came from but I was dhocked when I stood up and looked at my birthed child
thisisanexperimentt@reddit
Unfortunately, it seems easy to cheat. And how do you account for piss volume? Maybe the toilet can be split front/back.
StarHammer_01@reddit
All ranked submissions must be verified via poop cam
bACEdx39@reddit
Can’t unread that, sadly.
cogra23@reddit
There should be a leaderboard per toilet and global. Imagine the satisfaction of finding a new toilet with a low score.
pragmojo@reddit (OP)
And if you had to take a really big shit, you could try to find a toilet in the area with a record you think you could beat
Accomplished-Fix6598@reddit
Tom's buffet in Albuquerque is legendary difficulty.
zyzzjan@reddit
We got ranked poo weight contest before GTA VI