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Auto Toilets
Seattle Flushes $5 Million Automated Public Restrooms for Major Loss
I thought automated public pay toilets were a sure thing. I mean, auto-cleaning, high-tech robo toilets that allow the occupant to remain inside for as long as they want, and then clean up all the evidence after the fact... what could go wrong?! Oh right, hookers and drugs, that's what. Which is exactly why the five automated toilets in Seattle were recently sold off for a multi-million dollar loss. How big a loss? Well, when they were installed four years ago the toilets cost $5 million. This week, after an online auction, they sold for just $12,549. More »
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Save Water by Barbecuing Your Poop
Looking to save water? Say hello to the EcoJohn, a toilet that uses no water. Instead, after you do what you do, you "close the lid and a large, screw-like auger turns and carries the waste to the burn chamber where the propane burner then bakes urine, feces and paper into ashes." Wow, that's horrifying! This thing isn't even classified as a toilet. It's classified as a barbecue. If you're looking for a sure-fire way to ruin your family's summer cookout plans, I think you just found it. [OC Register via Neatorama]
jokes
Toilet Paper Puzzle Makes Pooping Even More Frustrating
Nothing says hilarity like forcing the more dim-witted of your friends to endure skidmarks and dingleberries by putting a puzzle on your toilet paper roll. Boy, you sure are a jokester! You really have an eye for when puzzles and trickery are appropriate and for when they clearly aren't! A toast, to you! [Product Page via NerdApproved]
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NASA Collecting 8 Gallons of Employees' Urine Daily For Space Toilet Research
NASA workers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston received what may be the high point in inter-office email last week requesting they begin to pay regular visits to the good folks of Hamilton Sundstrand, aka the "Wee Wee Contractors." They're collecting urine in massive quantities—eight gallons per day—as part of their contract to build the toilet for the upcoming Orion lunar spacecraft. But why do they need so much? I'm sure it's all there in the email... More »
sony ericsson
Sony Ericsson C702 Toilet Test Is Gross, Yet Intriguing
Nowhere in the specs of the Sony Ericsson C720 does it say that it's completely waterproof—just dust and splash proof. And if there's one thing that a toilet does well (at least when we use it), it's splash. This could be one of the more disgusting tests imaginable for a phone. Seriously, are you going to use it now, because the CDC thinks otherwise. [bka]
6:00 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Jason Chen
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26 comments
Latest by winkydink: @OMG! Ponies!: No, the tolilet rule is, if you drop your phone in the toilet, sell it on ebay. more »
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Secret Planet Killer: High-Tech Japanese Toilets
Japan's second most dubiously famous technological predilection (behind panty-vending machines) is its highfalutin' toilets, which warm, wash, blow dry and deodorize your bum, just to cover the basics. Japan is also well regarded for taking the lead on going green—average energy consumption per person is half ours. Tragically, the Japanese desire for a pampered and squeaky clean butthole is killing that ethos—and the planet. More »
9:00 AM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By matt buchanan
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33 comments
Latest by dekigo92: Here's an idea. How about a fucking power switch? It seems like that could do the trick pretty nicely. @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: more »
Shit Box
Pop A Squat Anywhere, Anytime With Environmentally-Friendly Shit Box
Next time you're camping, instead of digging a hole or using one of those suspect comfort castle port-a-johns to dispense with No. 2, why not infuse a little portability into nature's call with the Shit Box? It's completely cardboard, fully biodegradable, and utterly ridiculous. And yet, I'm drawn to it. I want to see if it can hold my weight (170 lbs., colon empty). I want to know why designer Richard Wharton named his talking poo mascot "Little Jack," and how the hell a company like this gets away with a returns policy page. But most of all, as a writer named Jack who also happens to go to the bathroom in the woods, I want to test one. More »
Urinal Concept
ONDA Urinal Concept Changes the Question: Did You Wash Yours Hands While Going to the Bathroom?
Usually, washing up in the toilet at a sporting event gets you a one-way ticket out of the ballpark, but that could be changing thanks to Lee Isherwood and his ODNA urinal concept. The first—and probably last—of its kind, the ODNA promotes water conservation by combining a hand washing station with a urinal. Instead of simply flushing, you go about your business and then wash your hands in the infrared-activated "sink" above. The cascading water from the sink cleans out the toilet, and serves as the "flush." More »
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