There are some new high-tech toilets that do much more than serve as mere receptacles for body waste. There’s one (cost $3,250 - $4,800) that will give you a mini-physical exam just by peeing in it.
The doctor is in. Japanese builder Daiwa House and Toto, Japan’s No. 1 toilet maker, have teamed up to develop a bathroom that lets users monitor their health. It analyzes urine samples, measures your blood pressure, and checks your body fat.
And then there’s the toilet for the people who are really just too lazy to wipe:
Inax, Japan’s second-largest toilet maker, released this mass-market robo-toilet in May. It features a bidet and a washer-dryer for your backside. And there’s no need to raise and lower the seat. Sensors detect when you’re near and open the lid for you. After you leave, it shuts the lid and flushes automatically.
There are several other high-tech toilets described in the article. Interesting, isn’t it, how taking care of basic bodily functions is getting more and more complicated.
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January 13th, 2007 at 10:46 am
fascinating — in a weird kind of way!
January 13th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
When I visited my son in Japan we stayed in a hotel in Kyoto for a couple of days. There was a toilet in our room with a heated seat (kind of nice, but a little strange) and the lid would go down by itself. It also had several buttons, one of which played a pre-recorded flushing sound. Not sure why yo would want that. It was better than the traditional Japanese toilets though! I don’t care for those.