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Chinese researchers claim they’ve come up with a novel 3D-printed toilet bowl, impregnated with lubricant, that’ll make toilet brushes redundant. Unlike non-stick coatings, this one stays slippery even if you sandpaper it until it’s wafer-thin.Continue… Continue reading Non-stick toilet bowl eliminates skidmarks, even after sandpapering
Pact Outdoors launched the world’s most convenient pooping kit in 2021, quickly taking home an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award a few months later for its efforts. While technically compact enough for foot travel, its dutiful tool roll isn’t quite as … Continue reading Pact’s one-handed poop-anywhere kit lightens the backcountry load
Some people like to install a wooden seat on their toilet for its perceived warmth, but the Block goes even further. Described by Woodio as the world’s first bio-material toilet, it ditches porcelain in favor of a modern flushable toilet that’s made fr… Continue reading World’s first bio-material toilet swaps porcelain for composite wood
If there were ever a product begging for improvement, the porta-potty would have to be quite high on the list. The classic toilet tiny house of outdoor event and construction site fame has a notorious reputation for claustrophobia, unmentionable floor … Continue reading Striking Starlink-ready outhouse reinvents pooping in the woods
Crapping in the woods can be downright intimidating. The objective can be crudely approached with a makeshift hobo bindle consisting of a shovel, pack-out bag and full toilet paper roll, but Colorado startup Pact Outdoors has a sleeker all-in-one solut… Continue reading Pact all-in-one backcountry bathroom kit works aces for deuces
[Handy Geng] lives in Baoding, China, where average winter temperatures can get as low as −7.7°C (18.1°F). Rather than simply freezing in the cold when using the bathroom, he decided …read more Continue reading Toilet Paper Warmer Is A Unique Chinese Luxury
The Japanese have some unusual bathrooms, but we’d guess most prefer to use them without an audience. So what’s the deal with these see-through Tokyo public toilets by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban? Well, though they’re transparent when … Continue reading Visitors to transparent bathroom won’t be caught with their pants down
Between razors that use ultra-thin white sapphire blades to trim with surgical precision, and those that zap the hair off with laser beams, you’d be forgiven for thinking that razor companies have the research budgets of NASA or Tesla. We were curious … Continue reading Gillette Labs Heated Razor review: Toasty luxury or just hot air?
Imagine if you will that you are enthroned upon the porcelain, minding your own business while doing your business. You’re catching up on Hackaday on your phone – c’mon, admit it – when a whir and a buzz comes from behind you. You sit up in alarm, whereupon your lower …read more
Continue reading Fail Of The Week: Toilets And High Voltage Do Not Mix
There’s nothing quite as relaxing as a long, hot shower. This has the tendency of making the bather absent minded as to the amount of water being used, which can lead to excessive bills. [LiamOSM] built a device to monitor this instead, and calculate the cost, to boot.
The device …read more
Continue reading Shower Water Monitor Tracks The Dollars and Cents