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World’s First Bio-Material Toilet
Discreet and elegant, the Block is the world’s first bio-material toilet—made from a mixture of wood chips and resin. Produced by Finnish interiors brand Woodio and designed by Pentagram, the toilet eschews …
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NASA Ships its Space-Ready Bathroom to the ISS This Week
Finding the perfect toilet for space has stumped researchers and designers at NASA for some time—so much so that they opened a crowd-sourced design competition looking for a better option. Now, NASA …
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Health-Tracking “Smart Toilet” Discerns Users by Their Unique “Analprints”
Mountable on standard systems, a new “smart toilet” concept debuted in the scientific journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, in a research paper by Sanjiv Gambhir of Stanford University. The health-tracking system within the …
Philippe Starck + Duravit’s SensoWash i Smart Toilet
A first-ever integrated shower-toilet from the bathroom design brand
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Nendo’s Self-Assembling Toilet for Natural Disasters
Nendo’s Minimilet project began after Japan’s Tōhoku and Kumamoto earthquakes—specifically the devastation and difficulties in the wake of each. Entirely collapsable, the disposable toilet can be assembled using found materials and then …
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Japan Standardizes Bidet Function Imagery
Even if you’ve used a bidet elsewhere—be that a different nation or just a different bathroom—one generally has to interpret the icons that accompany various features. Oftentimes, they’re rather obtuse, leading to …
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Instagrammable Bathrooms Around the World
Most people only take a trip to the toilet out of pure bodily necessity, but according to a new book by Lonely Planet, bathrooms could soon become the next hot spot for …
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
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Kohler’s Anti-Odor Toilet Seat
link[body]=Tired of your poop actually smelling like, well, poop? The people behind Kohler’s Purefresh Toilet Seat get you. Looking to add to the magic that is the modern toilet, the established porcelain …