Apparently you don't have to be a weakly-premised NBC show to go green this week: Toshiba's joining in on the fun with its "industry's most eco-friendly"
toilet. Of course, this is Japan, so that means bidet action, and Toshiba's new model can instantaneously heat up water for that purpose, instead of running continuously to keep a stash of water warm. The seat, which is of course heated as well, is also designed to prevent heat loss, and Toshiba claims 55% overall energy savings over competing products. If that wasn't enough, the lid automatically opens and closes when a sensor is tripped, and there's even a remote control so you can do your business touch-free. While we'd applaud Toshiba for its commitment to sustainability and innovation, we're really just too busy being jealous of how awesome Japanese toilets are.
posted Nov 9th 2007 1:26PM
Hmmm... so Toshiba is leaving the projection TV market, but THIS market still makes sense to them...
Hey, everyone has to poop!
Apart from people working at the New Yorker.
And I quote "Nobody at the New Yorker has an anus."
"Toshiba claims 55% overall energy savings over competing products"
Would that be the toilet lids that don't use any energy?
hmmm ... no iphone holder ?
uhhh... it has one... it is that giant hole in the middle.
hmmm will it wipe my butt after im done ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet
No, but it will rinse it off, air dry it and spritz it with the fragrance of your choice...
bidet >> toilet paper
It's about time people in North America started realizing this.
The Office is the best show on TV... that is until Arrested Development returns.
Between 30 Rock, Office, Scrubs, and Heroes, I'm definitely an NBC Fanboy
will it blend
Owch!
A toilet that can blend would be pretty useful, you wouldn't have to worry about clogs anymore.
I hope this can't be wirelesly hacked to act like a metal animal trap.
/ouch
It's good... enough for me to POOP ON!
talk to the but :)
How about an integrated blow drier for that A-hole. The water between the butt cheeks isn't exactly going to disappear by itself. I want a hands free experience, especially if I'm busy surfing on my Eee.
Quoted from the read link:
"In addition, the toilet is equipped with a variable-speed deodorizing fan motor, whose "speedy deodorizing" function blows three times as much air as normal."
Although this is only available in the "SCS-S510" model.
no more itchy asshole!
To be eco-friendly, a toilet must: use less water, better yet, recycle the urine to reduce the amount of pollutants flushed out to public drainage.
Warming water, warming the seat, using electricity, etc. are NOT eco-friendly. The energy consumed in Japan just to heat the toilet seats is probably higher than what a poor country need to light their house in the evening.
Why cant the toilet preform its own urea cycle on the urine and covert the liberated energy into heat.
In other words, this seat takes no sh*t from nobody. Just what we needed. A toilet seat with an attitude.
"Welcome. I am honored to accept your waste."
"They're *years* ahead of us!"
I, for one, welcome our new green toilet underlords.
Very interesting. I found this site that gives the ROI calucalation for having a dual flush toilet.
http://www.greenandsave.com/remodeling/bathrooms/dual_flush_toilets.html
They also have a section on about 50 other eco-friendly green home remodeling projects.
Toto is still the king of toilet seats.
Toshiba getting onboard just shows that they believe in the market
http://www.washlet.org
is it just me, or does that toilet seem to have an unnaturally small hole. Ive always hated those tiny round toilets that leave little room for any guy to comfortably sit on and can only accommodate a woman.
scrubs has more of a premise than you'll ever have, engadget.