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Hacked Gadgets Forum member Jared Harley recently went on a trip to Berlin and took a video of a cool automated toilet there. This toilet locks and washes itself after every use. It can also be reconfigured automatically when a handicapped person needs a special interior arrangement. Like everything else electronic, it’s bound to fail eventually. I wonder how many people have had the doors open by accident when they were using the automated toilet?
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Thanks for the mention! Those toilets are pretty cool. It’s weird to go into them right away, because they’re still damp from the wash cycle. Inside, everything is motion-activated or foot-button activated. It’s nice to not have to touch anything (except yourself, of course).
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Say, that’s me going in the toilet. Awesome.
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Way to demo the toilet Toby. 🙂 How long does it take after it is used before the next person can use it. I am thinking that if there was any type of line you would be waiting forever…
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yeah I’ve used one of these before. its pretty cool and sanitary but the only down to a porta potty is that u got pay to use these but its worth it if your out and u need to use it.
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Why in the HELL does this lame clip get attention on my beloved hackedgadgets front page????????????
These freakin toilets have exsisted for about 5 (FIVE!!) years in my hometown in Denmark and I bet they werent the first here either…. GET A GRIP, and show me something COOL instead!! GODDAMNIT… have a nice day 😛
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Wow tough crowd today… I am thinking you are having a bad day Erik?? 🙂
I have never seen these before here in Canada or in the US. I guess we are lagging behind in the toilet scene!
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Well I guess.. but as I wrote these have been around were I live for not months – but years… And even if this was a new thing, I dont know if I think its that cool at all? But hey, I guess we all have our fantasies and some people like toilets then 😎
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I remember reading about them about 6 or 7 years ago, they were just a concept at the time, and I think the first one to be used was in France, or Germany, I’m prone to be wrong about the original country of use, but I wish America would pick p on the cue. I remember that they were going to cost the city that implements them around 100,000 grand or so apiece, hence they pay per use, but I would definatly love them. After a certain amount of time has passed (i forget the amount) a warning buzzer sounds, and shortly thereafter the sink, seat and so on retract. That particular feature was to discourage vagrants, and homeless, and so-on from using them as an overnight shelter. Rather that feature was ever implemented or not I can’t say, I was reading about them when there was only one or two in service in the whole world.
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boston’s had one in the courtyard in front of the aquarium for a few years now–they may have others as well but i’m unsure. very cool.
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Couldn’t be any worse than Microsoft’s iLoo idea 🙂
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LOL, I had to look that one up. That is a funny idea!
http://www.sewerhistory.org/misc/iloo.htm
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Alan, the cleaning cycle takes about thirty seconds. There is a digital display to the right of the door that tells you it’s cleaning itself, with a status bar, no less.
And yes, I realize that automatic, pay-to-pee toilets have been around for years, but they are still cool, especially to us North Americans.
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Yeah, I agree with Erik.. WTF These are all over where
I live, even small towns have them.. Yeah, I live in Denmark too..
Erik: Hvor bor du henne af? Jeg er fra Ã…rhus.. Er du fra ackw.dk?
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Haha, nej jeg har bare fundet siden og tjekker den tit da jeg synes den er cool. Er ogsÃ¥ fra Ã…rhus, og studerer Nanoteknologi pÃ¥ 1. Ã¥r pÃ¥ Uni, men ellers er jeg nok ikke den store gadget-nørd, synes bare siden her er nice 🙂
Hva’ faen er det der ackw for noget det ser suspekt ud :D?
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Hah, din nano-nørd 😛 Kig i links sektionen, der er nogle flere fede sider…
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These toilets are pretty common in the Netherlands. First one i saw was like 10 years ago. 🙂
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wow, just wow. Really…