Earlier today we posted about the futuristic, locally designed “Denny” bike. Well, today seems to be the day for innovation in the Emerald City, because we’ve got another locally designed device for you to oogle at. This one is a bit different than a bike though.

The “PoofPad,” created by Seattle’s Michael Croix, is basically a flat, stink absorbing diaper you can sit on and fart into so people don’t smell your gas. That’s pretty much it.

By filling the pad with activated charcoal, the device promises to deliver “the absorbent surface area of over 75,000 square meters (150 basketball courts).” One pad will absorb an average human’s farts for four months before reaching full fart capacity. According to the really bizarre promo video above, the pad is being targeted to fart-prone businessmen who don’t want “the hottie from accounting” to walk into their office and smell their businessfarts. Sigh.

Not surprisingly, the IndieGoGo campaign to fund the $20,000 project is currently sitting at a dismal $120. Maybe that’s because the reward tiers offer a years-supply of PoofPads, 300 PoofPads (for $1000), or PoofPads bundled with the inventor’s audiobook about… inventing things.

If this is what the future looks like, it truly is a brave new world.