Smart Toilets

[Dietrichw]

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Well, restroom wait times are getting drastically reduced at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles thanks to a new stall indicator system from Tooshlights (yes, that's really the name). Inspired by the city's parking space lights in its garages, the company is applying the same logic to public restrooms at arenas and music venues

 

the tech ensures attendees don't overlook open stalls, contributing to missed action outside. In addition to the red and green lighting scheme, Tooshlights is also working on a software component that can be piped into a venue's app, showing where the shortest lines are around the facility. As you might expect, it also monitors use, alerting staff that a toilet being avoided at halftime may be in need of attention.

 

ummmmm nice I guess, It is actually pretty cool that it will alert staff to clean or fix a stall if a stall is being avoided. 

[Tea1337]

This can avoid some pretty awkward situations I guess.

[dlf]

Didn't really describe much of what's different about the toilet versus others.

[Hidden Orange]

You could always knock or something, y'know. The stalls in my high school were often broken, so I did have one incident where a guy almost barged in. Yes, very awkward to say the least and sorta, kinda funny looking back.

[StingBull]

"Inspired by the city's parking space lights"

 

I hope it's not using the exact same technology though. That would be unnecessary. All you would have to do in this case is to make it so that it lights up red when the door is locked.

 

Oh wait, there are already doors with indicators on them that do this... Soo pointless invention.

[Askew]

I was expecing some kind of awesome techological witchcraft toilet that wiped my ass for me or something not a damn light above the door to let the whole world know that yes I am in here dropping dukie steer clear.

 

Haven't the locks on toilet doors had red for locked or 'ENGAGED' on them since like 1920?

[mr moose]

This idea had to of been thought up by a council consultant:  someone expects to get paid to solve a problem that doesn't exist with a solution that costs more to install, maintain and run.

[Nineshadow]

Smart condoms are now inevitable.

[StingBull]

Smart condoms are now inevitable.

 

If you forget to charge them they don't work.

[dlf]

Only real thing I could see a smart toilet could do is:

 

- Measure how much liquid is being poured in (pissing), along with how much paper is being used and use just enough water to flush and recycle.

- Measure the chemicals of the contents and tell you a brief medical dianosis - stop eating *insert item*, start drinking more water . . . .

- Send those results to a docotor to potentially speed up doctor visists.

- Self cleaning bowls and seat

[TheGosuStandard]

Couldn't they just combine these with the dis-infecting ones they currently have?

[Hidden Orange]

Smart condoms are now inevitable.

Er... What would they do besides act as protection and balloons? 

[Caincard]

You could always knock or something, y'know. The stalls in my high school were often broken, so I did have one incident where a guy almost barged in. Yes, very awkward to say the least and sorta, kinda funny looking back.

But what about the time when your using 'the can' despite them knocking, and being told its occupied they still make eye contact through the crack of the door?  That is pretty awkward too. happened many times.

[Caincard]

Er... What would they do besides act as protection and balloons? 

with swipe technology and the right app they could change your neighbors channels.

[Misanthrope]

Actually this might have unintended consequences: as someone who has been to a good share of raunchy places and bars, bathrooms are usually a good place to find people providing all sorts of illegal services that mostly includes the selling of drug products and one's own body.

[Hidden Orange]

with swipe technology and the right app they could change your neighbors channels.

Using "smart condoms"? I really don't want to know what that would be called... "Quick claw"...

[Helios79]

I was expecing some kind of awesome techological witchcraft toilet that wiped my ass for me or something not a damn light above the door to let the whole world know that yes I am in here dropping dukie steer clear.

 

Haven't the locks on toilet doors had red for locked or 'ENGAGED' on them since like 1920?

 

Frick, sounds you want the the baby power treatment to go along with it.

 

It's an interesting technology, but I don't see it taking off soon.

[Buckley]

Bobs Burgers is all I have to say.

(Please tell me someone knows what I'm talking about)

[SirPaul]

...

Okay, What happened to these ?

 

 

And of course : - No power consumption /  No electricity Use.

                         - really low build cost

                         - Harder to destroy  (No cut wires, no destroyed OR burnt lights).

Edited July 1, 2014 by SirPaul

[Helios79]

That and those lights could backfire if someone was colour-blind.

[dlf]

That and those lights could backfire if someone was colour-blind.

here here!

[IdeaStormer]

Can't wait till they add the yellow bio-hazard flashing feature (for those that don't "clean up" properly).

 

Then a flashing red for when stuff ends up outside the perimeter. (fecal urine or puke)

 

Many other factors to be considered besides someone is in there as to when to avoid a stall.

[Helios79]

I can think of one way to avoid a stall....

 

[Albatross]

All I can say is "Thank God I don't use public bathrooms". :lol:

 

I guess this (referring to the bit about the "avoided stalls") will improve the restrooms to semi-decent levels of good hygiene. But that's assuming too much of the staff and that the stalls would be avoided due to poor hygiene...

 

I was expecing some kind of awesome techological witchcraft toilet that wiped my ass for me or something not a damn light above the door to let the whole world know that yes I am in here dropping dukie steer clear.

 

Haven't the locks on toilet doors had red for locked or 'ENGAGED' on them since like 1920?

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

People need a blinking light to tell them that someone else is occupying a stall? Doesn't the locked door and little red switch already tell them that?