More than a quarter of all people—some 2.5 billion humans—still lack access to basic sanitation services. But thanks to this revolutionary solar-powered toilet, even the most remote throws of civilization will be granted both a safe place to poop and a means of turning their business into brown gold.
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Public toilets are notorious for unsavory behavior and even more unsavory smells. The PPlanter is both a public toilet and a planter, composting the pee it collects to nourish pots of bamboo. And it’s apparently odor-free.
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Toilet tech is no longer the oft-overlooked subject it once was, and much of that is thanks to the Gates Foundation, which has made helping the 3.5 billion people lacking access to clean toilets one of its main missions. But how does one test the durability of potential cost-effective commodes? By using fake poop, of course.
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Bad things often happen in mysterious, inexplicable ways. Michel Pierre of Brooklyn experienced this first hand this week when he pulled the handle of his toilet, and the whole thing exploded in his face. The blast knocked him out and sent him to the hospital where he got 30 stitches.
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Though it’s designed for use in hospitals and other medical facilities where a patient’s mobility is limited, Toro’s new movable Bedside Flushable Toilet also seems like the perfect way to never miss the game or your favorite TV show.
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Though we may think we pump out roses when it’s go time on the ivory throne, nobody in their right mind would actually want to keep those roses around. So flush them away and down the magical toilet they go! But where do they go? To the vague destination of the sewers. And then where? To the ocean? To the city "river"? To anywhere that’s away from here? AsapScience explains the cycle of poop, from your bowels into the system with condoms and pebbles through bacteria and sludge into fertilizer for more poop. [AsapScience]
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Here’s a brilliant idea that could prevent countless drunk driving-related deaths from occurring. Working with a marketing agency called DDB, Zouk, a popular nightclub in Singapore, installed a series of urinals that are able to monitor a patron’s blood alcohol level and warn them if they’re too drunk to drive.
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Though most video games never involve a player having to drop a deuce, video game worlds always seem to have dirty toilets in even dirtier restrooms. Who uses these toilets and why are they universally dirty! Video Game Toilets rounds up the toilets found in video games—it spans from like the early 80’s until now—in a hilarious Tumblr. Here are a few we love (the one above is from F.E.A.R. 3). More »
Even with an outhouse, relieving one’s self in the great outdoors is an unpleasant experience. But having no choice but to just squat on the ground is as terrible as it gets. So after a “particularly unpleasant outdoor restroom experience”, Laura Stude was struck with the inspiration to create the solution to every nature lover’s biggest woe with the Strap and Crap. More »
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