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From rssfeeds@jmason.org Wed Oct 9 10:53:07 2002
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From: boingboing <rssfeeds@spamassassin.taint.org>
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Subject: Japa-crappers get high-tech
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 08:00:32 -0000
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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85541025
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Date: Not supplied
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Japanese toilet technology has developed creeping featuritis. New Tokyo toities
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sport speech-recognition, air-conditioning, and body-chemistry monitors:
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Japan's toilet wars started in February, when Matsushita engineers here
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unveiled a toilet seat equipped with electrodes that send a mild electric
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charge through the user's buttocks, yielding a digital measurement of
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body-fat ratio.
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Unimpressed, engineers from a rival company, Inax, counterattacked in April
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with a toilet that glows in the dark and whirs up its lid after an infrared
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sensor detects a human being. When in use, the toilet plays any of six
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soundtracks, including chirping birds, rushing water, tinkling wind chimes,
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or the strumming of a traditional Japanese harp.
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Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, May[3]!_)
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[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/08/international/asia/08JAPA.html
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[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/MQCtPB8LcUjsc
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[3] http://www.filterfine.com
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