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Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will Love

Luckily, my cat was always too dumb to make the connection between the faucet and fresh water, so she's made do thus far with just sipping from her water dish. But I've heard that once kitties taste from the tap, they never want to go back. For running water addicted cats, MAKE contributor tsruzik has constructed a pretty ingenious automatic cat faucet using an IR sensor and some tubing. More »

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TwoDaLoo, For Couples Who Share Everything

It's too far away from April Fools' Day for this to be a joke, so we'll just tell it to you straight: The TwoDaLoo is called a "supertoilet," created to "save rocky marriages and the planet." Not fancy enough for you? Get it with a 7-inch LCD TV and an iPod docking station, so you won't have to look at each other while you pinch a loaf. Hey, wait a minute. Haven't we seen this somewhere before? We have video: More »

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Inax Bidet Toilet Seats Spray Your Butt in Living Color

If you want to look into the future, go to Japan, where it's impossible to market a new toilet seat without a bidet attachment inside (otherwise known as a washlet) that squirts water all over your delicate nether regions. Now you can do away with toilet paper in colorful style with these limited-edition toilet seats by interior design company Inax, the company that figured out how to add an SD card reader to a toilet. More »

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Miscea Touchless Faucet Magically Spews Out Water, Soap, Who Knows What Else

This stainless steel Miscea faucet spares you the agony and grief of actually touching the soap dispenser when you're washing your hands, and it can also squirt out disinfectant or your choice of other goo, too. More »

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Toto's Neorest Hybrid Toilet is World's Most Efficient

You remember Toto, don't you? Not the dog but the toilet company in Japan that makes those Neorest toilets with the "washlet" under the lid. Now it's taken that butt-spraying goodness a step further with its Neorest Hybrid Series toilets, which use less water than any other, just 5.5 liters (1.45 gallons) per flush. It's also jumping into a new hatbox-shaped design that mimics Kohler's "Purist" hatbox toilet (1.6 gallons per flush) that's been available for a couple of years. More »

PeaceMaker Toilet Seat Lifter, For Loose Cannons Okay guys, we know how hard it is to lift the toilet seat and then lower it back after you're done. Here's a solution to this age-old dilemma: the Peacemaker Toilet Seat Lifter.
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Make Your Own Night Vision Toilet Light


You need this night vision toilet light. Who wouldn't like to have a target to aim at when it's time to pee in the middle of the night? Turn on those bathroom lights, and it wakes you up, strains your eyes and may wake up others, too. But piss in the darkness, and you may miss altogether. More »

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Ondine ESS Electronic Faucets Give You a Techno-Shower

Now you can make your bath controls all-electronic with the Ondine ESS-Tub or ESS-Standard for showers. You set the temperature you want, and then push the ESS-Tub's Fill button and it will automatically fill the tub for a perfect soak. ESS-Standard is specially created for multi-head showers, and it can control up to three showerheads, letting you input three custom programs that custom-tailor your fave settings. More »

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Kohler C3 Series Toilet Seats Offer Hands-Free Butt-Washing, American Style

Who says the Japanese make all the fancy potties? Kohler has jumped into wash-yer-butt bidet derby with its C3 series toilet seats, using a special "hydra-cleansing wand" (pictured at right) to give you a hands-free alternative to toilet paper. More »

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Energy Cocoon Tub: Room for One More?

Install an entire spa in your bathroom with this Energy Cocoon Tub, giving you an invigorating combination of soothing bubbles, billowing steam and an infrared sauna all in one unit the size of a regular whirlpool tub. It contains three multi-colored lamps for a bit of that soothing chromatherapy, and of course, it has those Jacuzzi-like waterjets, too. Then when you're done, you can rinse off with its hand shower. More »