Interactive toilet gobbles, sings, high-fives

Posted by John Brownlee, February 6, 2009 6:28 AM | permalink

This so-called "Interactive Toilet" was created with $18 worth of materials as a project in Architectural Robotics at Clemson University. It is "interactive" in only one way.

We can easily imagine the terrifying scenario that a toilet-training tot might encounter using this for the first time: an alarmed toddler who discovers that his evacuations are the very alchemist's potion that imbues the toilet with life... a toilet which, delighted with its new found sentience, begins to sing and demand high fives.

The result of mass production? A nation of middle-aged diaper wearers.

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#1 posted by Paul Coleman , February 6, 2009 6:39 AM

I think the only thing that could make this better would be to find a track of Ethel Merman singing the same song.

They're already halfway there.

And yeah. That hand is really disconcerting.

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#2 posted by Agies , February 6, 2009 6:52 AM

I'm thinking it's going to lead to a nation full of wealthy plumbers. The list of things kids will throw down the toilet just to make it sing is endless.

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#3 posted by dculberson , February 6, 2009 7:43 AM

That is fucking hysterical.

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#4 posted by certron , February 6, 2009 8:18 AM

What about the list of things they will throw to make it stop?

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#5 posted by pelrun , February 6, 2009 9:31 AM

The toddlers I know aren't going to be terrified of this at all - they'd love it.

I'm terrified of what the kids will throw down there to set off the song. Car keys, toys, food...

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#6 posted by RedShirt77 , February 6, 2009 11:41 AM