# "I;m not feeling well, Dave" -- NCSU invents puking machine

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 25, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822 "2015-08-25T12:34:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822/1 "2015-08-25T12:34:51Z")

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> **[Researchers Created A Machine That Pukes... For Science, Of Course](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/puke-machine-norovirus_n_55d56c72e4b0ab468d9fdf73?utm_hp_ref=science&ir=Science&section=science&kvcommref=mostpopular)**
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> "This machine may seem odd, but it’s helping us understand a disease that affects millions of people."

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> It’s a study that’s going viral… in every sense.
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> Researchers at North Carolina State University and Wake Forest University have created a machine that vomits to help show how norovirus spreads.
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> That’s a fast-moving infection known for causing vomiting and diarrhea, and which can be severe and even deadly.
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> The new device is designed to help researchers better understand how the infection spreads when someone throws up. More importantly, the vomit machine shows how much of the virus becomes aerosolized and moves through the air, landing on nearby people and surfaces.
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> The puking apparatus features a small face (about one-quarter the size of a normal human face) inside a plexiglass box connected to a simulated esophagus and stomach.

Science marches disgustingly on.

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822/2 "2015-08-25T13:12:00Z")

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😃 another science win for my Alma mater

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822/3 "2015-08-25T13:18:43Z")

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Cutting out the kegger middlemen I see.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822/4 "2015-08-25T21:05:28Z")

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This is why you’re not invited to any cool parties, science!

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**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822/5 "2015-08-25T21:13:38Z")

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> [@dogbutler](#):
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> 😃 another science win for my Alma mater

Go, Pack!