Arduino-based 'sigh collector' is clever, pointless
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted May 14th 2009 4:55PM
posted May 14th 2009 4:55PM
Of all the things we are inclined to take for granted, the weary exhalation of air that is commonly referred to as a "sigh" easily tops our list (other things that we take for granted: our mother's love and Laser Pink Floyd at the planetarium on Saturday nights). But not Instructables member mkontop, however: this guy is clearly fascinated by the theory, practice, and ramifications of sighing, even going so far as to build a device that not only monitors his breathing and measures his sighing, but then goes on to store the corresponding amount of exhaled air in a box nearby. To what end, you ask? Perhaps you can ask Marcel Duchamp next time he's in town. Hit that read link to build one for yourself, but not before peeping that video after the break.
So if this device goes off, will we be expecting the next great depression?
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Another day till Friday. Sigh.
Days go by, and still I think of her... *sigh*
FIRST!!!!!!
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oh damn... --- *wwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-rrr-r-r---*
*Sigh*
The WC: I see what you did there!
Does it also twitter every time he sighs?
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*tries to hold back sigh*
When all the air is gone from our planet we can use these rather than raiding the planet Druidia.
I sighed when I realised that after 1:30 there is no video... wtf?
no joke... who does that. Next time cut the blank part of the video off before uploading to youtube. Thanks!
Brilliant.
Now I'll mod it to monitor my farting and store the corresponding amount of gas passed in a box near by.
The mod will probably require upsizing the box.
1. build "rolls eyes" energy collector
2. show people this video
3. GREEN
This wouldn't really work for fat people who gasp and wheeze with every breath. Just sayin' ^_^
LOL @ the Marcel Duschamp reference
What's the capacity on that thing? It looks pretty large, but if I tried catching a bus I might overfill it.
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Whoa, that guy is cute... O_O
Did someone just sandwich a Speak N Spell between two cutting boards???