#toilet

#toilet

This Off-Grid Toilet Uses Sand and a Conveyor Belt to FlushFast Company tells us that half a billion people do not have regular access to private toilets or reasonably sanitary communal latrines. This can create serious public health problems. In response, Archie Read, a graduate student in architecture at Dundee University, designed the Sandi.This toilet requires no running water at all. The design separates urine and feces. The urine is stored in a bucket that should be emptied and used as fertilizer every seven days. The white handle on the side operates the flushing mechanism for feces, turning a sand-covered conveyor belt into a different container. Once full, that container can be buried for four weeks and then used as compost.Reed discovered that sand prevents feces from sticking to the conveyor belt, thus inspiring the product name of Sandi.#toilet #sand #ArchieReed

Lightning Strike Blows Up ToiletNo, what you’re seeing above is not the result of eating an extra serving of my homemade chili. If that had been the case, there would also be a hole in the floor and more blast damage on the walls and cabinet.News 6 Tulsa reports that this is a bathroom in an apartment building in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, on May 4th. The toilet was unoccupied at the time of the strike. In fact, the entire apartment was vacant, but was going to be rented out the next day. Firefighters responded to the strike and took this photo.-via Super Punch | Photo: Okmulgee Fire Department#lightning #toilet

The Perfect Onesie for Gamers Has a Drop-Open Panel for ToiletingSome people enjoy standing up, moving away from their computers and gaming consoles, and moving around. But us normal people know that it’s best to remain seated so that we can look at our screens and interact with the world digitally.Alas, bodily needs sometimes get in the way. You could simply game from a toilet, but not all console desks are set up this way. We could also use the urinal options available to US Air Force pilots, but those are expensive.Thankfully, the Japanese company Bauhutte has invented the Damegi 4G (“Ninja Onesie”) to keep gaming comfortable. Sora News 24 says that this garment features a drop-open panel for “amazingly speedy butt release and butt cleanup.” In just a few seconds, you’re back in your game.Image: Bauhutte#onsie #gaming #toilet

Archaeologists Found a 2,700-Year-Old Luxury Toilet in JerusalemJerusalem holds layers and layers of history. Building a new tourist complex means the area must be excavated lest important artifacts be destroyed. An excavation in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood recently unearthed a rare private toilet dated to the time of the First Temple, around 2,700 years ago. In an age when most people were lucky to have access to a public outhouse, the single stone slab with a hole is a sign of great wealth. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Yaakov Billig said, "In fact, only the rich could afford toilets. A thousand years later, the Mishnah and the Talmud raised various criteria that defined a rich person, and Rabbi Yossi suggested that to be rich is ‘to have the toilet next to his table.'"The recovered toilet had a septic tank underneath, which will be studied to determine the diet of the people who used it. Other nearby artifacts also indicate that whoever lived in this plot was quite wealthy. Read more about the find at The Times of Israel. (Image credit: Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority) #Jerusalem #toilet #archaeology

"Hi Toilet": Voice-Operated Tokyo Public ToiletPublic restrooms are probably some of the most unhygienic places a person can think of. From stepping on the flush handle to opening the door with toilet paper or pushing it with our elbows, we just can’t afford to make contact with anything that might make us sick… or worse...But this innovative restroom from Tokyo, Japan solves that problem. This is Hi Toilet and it’s the latest release of the Tokyo Toilet Project. Designed by Kazoo Sato, the chief creative officer at advertising agency TBWA\Hakuhodo, Hi Toilet is powered by AI technology which lets us enter and do our business without ever having to come in contact with anything.With a simple voice greeting, we can then instruct the restroom to perform tasks that would otherwise need our touch like turning on the tap, flushing the toilet, or even playing some soothing music.We need more of Hi Toilet just because we can’t help ourselves with needing to go to public restrooms sometimes. Sure is exciting to have our very own!Photo: Courtesy TBWA#toilet #HiToilet #TokyoToiletProject #AI

These Japanese Pastries Are Toilets Overflowing with Red Bean PasteI can't read a single word of Japanese, so I'm relying on Google Translate. But I gather that a firm in Japan produces confections like these. They resemble toilets that are absolutely clogged with sweet red bean paste. Who wants one?-via Adrian Lozano | Photo: IT Media#toilet #confections #RedBeanPaste #snack #pastries

South Korean Toilet Let Students Pay with Poop by Turning Excrement Into Digital CurrencyUrban and environmental engineering professor Cho Jae-weon of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea has created an eco-friendly toilet that converts human excrement into energy.The toilet, named BeeVi (for "bee" and "vision") used a vacuum pump to send excrement into an underground tank where microorganisms break down the waste and produce methane, a biogas that is used by the school to create energy.An average person produces enough excrement daily to create 50 liters of methane gas, which in turn can produce 0.5 kilowatt-hour of electricity.To "reward" students for their, ahem, deposits, Cho created a virtual currency called Ggool (or 'honey' in Korean). Each person that use the toilet earns virtual currency that can be used to buy goods on campus - from coffee to instant cup noodles, snacks, and even books.Via Interesting EngineeringImage: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology#methane #biogas #toilet #energy #virtualcurrency #poop

How the Brain Comes Up With All Those Crazy Ideas on the ToiletDo you do your best thinking while on the toilet? We're laughing at this clever comic by illustrator Tang Yau Hoongof Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. What a brilliant idea!#brain #idea #thinking #toilet #TangYauHoong #comics