Gizmodo: toilet seat

The HemAway Toilet Seat is Tough To Think About

Sean Fallon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:40:00 EDT

This is how one physician dealt with the problem of using the toilet while battling hemorrhoids. The HemAway toilet seat—because severe butt pain can be a powerful inspiration. [HemAway via Medgadget]

Interactive Toilet Scares Kids into Pooping, Hopefully Not in Their Pants

Andi Wang — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:20:13 EST

Have you ever been scared to use the restroom because you're terrified something's going to pop out of the toilet and grab your ass? The Interactive Toilet does that to your children. Sort of.

From the looks of it, this toilet-seat mod is meant to potty-train and encourage kids by promising them a reward after they've done their business. The prize? The happy song, a high five, and some toilet paper! Frankly, this toilet would terrify me even at this age. I also have to wonder, won't this potty produce some sort of Pavlov's Dogs-esque side-effect? Hopefully when he's older, the kid won't poop his pants whenever he hears, "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!" [Engadget]

Danish Students Invent Auto-Lowering Toilet Seat. Ha. Ha.

Elaine Chow — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:00:00 EST

Some students in Denmark have invented a toilet that functions like a punchline in some god awful 90s sitcom. The seat automatically lowers itself after you flush. LOL GENDER WARS OMG.

The kids, from Skjern Technical College, managed to win the Young Enterprise entrepreneurial award for “best product.” Great. You know what this encourages, guys? Next year, you'll see people submitting plans for gadgets that mute your mother-in-law. Or help women become better drivers.

And every blog, news source andDanish Economy Minister will get to rehash the same stupid “According to Jim”-esque jokes we've been making since the dawn of the television. [Crunchgear]

Toilet Seat Scale Makes You Feel Five Pounds Lighter

Sean Fallon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:20:00 EST

The best time to weigh yourself is first thing in the morning before you eat and, preferably, after you have used the bathroom. That's where the toilet seat scale comes in.

The best thing about it? It builds confidence:

"Whew, that was a fierce battle. I feel five pounds lighter. Saaay...I am five pounds lighter!"

Too bad it is only a concept, because the only way to get this kind of functionality is by dropping thousands on one of those fancy Japanese tech toilets. [Yanko]

Man Invents Vibrating Toilet Seat That Helps You Enjoy the Magic Moment

Sean Fallon — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:40:00 EST

Johnny Henry of Laurel, Mississippi claims that the vibrating toilet seat he has concocted "is designed to stimulate,” he said. “It’s to make you feel good while you are there.” In other words, it seduces and stimulates stubborn bowels into action. Mmmm...sounds like how I would like to spend part of my morning between 8 and 9 am (right after two cups of coffee and something with bran in it). The good news is that Henry has developed a prototype and is already pitching it to investors. With any luck, we will all be chillin' in the bathroom with a vibrating seat and a whole pack of 3 ply sometime soon. [Leader Call via Boing Boing]

Hypercolor Heat-Changing Toilet Shows Who's Been Assing it Up

Jason Chen — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:10:45 EST

Even though we're comfortable with sitting on a toilet seat that someone just vacated (and vacated their bowels on), it still comes as a surprise just how warm that seat is—the ass must be a bit higher than 98 degrees. This thermochromic toilet seat, however, lets you know exactly how warm the seat is, with a bonus effect of showing you exactly which part of the seat was in contact with the previous occupant. As you can see from the picture, the man before was a widey. Almost as good as the hypercolor shirts of yore, which let us know of Kelly's extracurricular activities in a visual manner. [Canadian Design Resource via Boing Boing]

Glowing Toilet Seat Makes Your Deposits Look Really Disgusting

Jason Chen — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:00:21 EST

Luckily most of us at Giz are still young enough not to have to wake up multiple times a night to pee, but when we do reach that stage, we're investing in a Glowing Toilet Seat. Just bright enough so you don't make a mess that ~~our wives~~ we have to clean up in the morning, but not bright enough so you can't fall back asleep without washing your hands thoroughly.

Cost? You can't put a cost on stuff of this quality (we're not sure but it looks to be around $35). – Jason Chen

Product Page [OneGlow via Shiny Shiny]

Toto Apricot F5A: MP3 Toilet Seat With Ambient Light, Fart Killer

Charlie White — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:10:51 EST

Once you've installed this Toto toilet seat, all that's left is to decide what songs (or noises) you're going to load up on its embedded MP3 player. Of course, you could go ahead and listen to the pre-loaded sounds of a hummingbird, beach waves and such, but we're thinking perhaps "Working in a Coal Mine" would be more appropriate.

It does a lot more, too. Stick with us, it gets raunchier:

You get a few more luxo-sport features for your $1650 as well, such as a reading light as well as an ambient light to help you aim your stream in the dark of night.

Plus there's a fragrance dispenser that automatically freshens the air as soon as it figures out that you've stunk up the place. Now we're just trying to figure out why they named it the "Apricot F5A."

Cool, but we'd rather have the one that wipes your ass for you. Commenters, which songs would you load up on your toilet seat MP3 player? – Charlie White

UPDATE: Hey, wait a minute. This seat also has the Toto "Washlet" feature (movies here), wiping your ass for you by sending a stream of hot water that hits the perfect spot. That does it, this is the throne of thrones! -CW

Toto Apricot toilet seat [Newlaunches]

Jammin' John Guitarlet: Toilet Seat of the Blues Immortals

Charlie White — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:15:26 EDT

Master guitarists have immense respect for their instruments, coddling them like babies. For example, BB King even named his favorite ax Lucille. The Guitarlet from Jammin' Johns takes that concept down another road, letting you shit on your guitar while surrounded with matching accessories. Get it in natural wood or metallic white, or you can choose an electric guitar model or even a piano. It's $99 for the seat, an additional $99 for all the accessories.

Oddly enough, this is not the first toilet seat/guitar mashup we've seen; this one was the other way around, where the guitar was made of a toilet seat. Apparently expressing love for the guitar can take a variety of forms. – Charlie White

Product Page [Jammin' Johns, via TRFJ]

Panasonic DL-GWN Toilet Seat Lights Your Pee-Path

Charlie White — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:37:15 EDT

Panasonic makes a foray into the useless toilet seat business, trying to sell this Panasonic DL-GWN device that lights up a bull's-eye in the water at which to aim your stream. Its light has a dual function, also warming the toilet seat, which we can tell you from personal experience is a highly desirable feature, especially in winter.

But hey, instead of spending the $1165 on this throne, we would suggest a dimmable light switch in your bathroom along with a heated toilet seat, both which can be had for a fraction of that price and accomplish the same thing. Or better yet, guys, get your own urinal—no lights needed, no splashing unless you're really drunk and your aim is off by 90 degrees. Anyway, the Panasonic DL-GWN will be available November 1. – Charlie White

New Toilet Seat helps you pee when drunk [Newlaunches]