Hidden Tap faucet flows from left to right as you go from dirty to clean
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted Jul 2nd 2008 12:58PM
posted Jul 2nd 2008 12:58PM
[Thanks, Fernando]
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yess.. ver 2.0 is going to be the toilet that does the same thing? :D ???
XD genius.
what if there were two hands? multiple streams= awesome cause a large 1 could replace like 10 faucets
I thought this was the precursor to the 3 seashells?
This is better than a lever in what way?
No, really. Does this mean I can't get a drink of water during a power outage?
cause it's cool? and it saves water, like other sensing faucets? and you don't have to touch it, risking the horrendous germs of others that have come before you? easier to clean?
What's the point? The same as a normal automatic faucet except you can select your preferred temperature. I wish this was in every public bathroom.
I just hope i can recognize it when i see it. Damm modern architecture
At no point in the video does he use two hands. I'm wondering what happens then. I have to say, coffee's defence of the device seems to only work if one lives with the horrendously unclean, or if they can't remember to switch a tap off. Therefore they should install them in college dorms immediately.
More sanitary for shared John houses....
left is dirty, right is clean?
what is this title trying to say?
It IS saying that the faucet flows from left to right with the sensors.. All the while your hands get clean from washing them..
That's what I thought too, unless it means you should start washing your hand with hot water, then finish off with cold ???
i hate you.
So... What happens when you put 2 hands at different locations? Or if 2 people were trying to use the same sink at one time? :->
It explodes and turns into a sprinkler.
darn...you beat me to that question...o wells...lets see what people say lol
@Dee[roflmfao] XD
no the water just jets out the slot straight at you and since there is no handle or switch you can't turn it off. Kinda defeats the whole purpose.
@Dee, that is something Mitch Hedburg would say
Complete waste. For people who have way too much money.
The 'Green' people are not going to like this at all due to the endless hours people are going to be spending wasting water as they play with the sink.
Even more so when they discover this faucet is on STANDBY when not in use.
Never mind explosions or stuff like that....my cat likes to sleep in the sink...he'll get a hell of a surprise with one of these :)
¿Que? No te comprendo. Por favor, habla inglés.
supercoolsplasdfkjl3!0 - you suck at typing, for some reason you keep hitting numbers when you want to type letters....you should stick to myspace, or end yourself, either one.
This is a great idea. Seriously, after you just wiped/backsplashed on hands/etc. you touch those knobs. So does the next guy, the next guy, the next guy. Not only that, but most people don't wash their hands well enough...So I think this and those sensored towel dispensors that are already all over the place are a good combo. Now if only they could stop people from pissing on the seats. It's like, what do you do? Wiping it with a tissue is going to dry it but not much else. Gross. They clean my college's restrooms every hour but it STILL doesn't seem to be enough, especially in high traffic areas. People are such jerks. [rant off]
They already have faucets that are turned on by sensors. This one is simply more elegant and allows the user to adjust temperature (current implementations are either always cold or always luke warm. I prefer to boil the germs right off my hands myself, so the iterations in place today are lacking).
Its funny though. Coz we arent the same person. I'm gonna claim all your good comments as my own. Is that cool?
(I'd like to move my hand back and forth quickly.. To confuse the tap. Hilarious)
Yeah, the number of times I've been hospitalised due to infections caught in public toilets, it's crazy. Must have been... I really need an electric tap to help me. No really. Idiots.
Am I the only one who could easily understand TownCilivian and couldn't even bare to get past the second "word" on SuperCoolSplasdouche's post despite English being my first language?
wait...what if my left hand is on the left end and right hand is on the right end......where is the faucet going to go? left? right? somewhere in the middle?
so what happens if the water gets too hot and you dont wanna touch it to adjust it?
I was trying to find more info on this thing. Is it a series of pipes which get switched on/off depending on where your hand is or is it one pipe that moves on a track?
Not sure yet. It appears to track your hand as you move, adjusting the temperature hot to cold depending on where you're at in the spectrum. One would assume it's motorized with a moving faucet behind the scenes.
Will the water go from right to left in the Southern Hemisphere beacuse of the coreolis effect or where the language is written from right to left (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.)?
Definitely, neat, but definitely for those with too much money. Add this to the list of things you can't use when the power is out. Also, I just replaced the cartridge valve in my faucet in about 5 minutes. I can't imagine getting to the valve of this thing within 5 minutes.
derX,
I think that's BECAUSE english is your first language.
I don't get it... half the public restrooms around here have had sensor-activated faucets for years (probably close to a decade).
What's the big innovation, that it changes from hot to cold? If that's all it is, that's kind of unimpressive. I don't spend 45 minutes washing my hands, so if the water is only lukewarm it isn't much of an issue. Maybe people take showers under the faucets in other places?
There's also toilets with sensors that auto-flush when you walk away, just in case that's going to be tomorrow's big innovation.
I agree, but some people have to idea that burning hot water is needed to kill germs (and they may be right). So the luke warm touchless faucets bug them. I would guess the inventor is one of these people.
Confusing title. You just place your hands along the line to determine the temperature you want. More to the left you get hot water, etc. You don't need to slide them. This is allows each user to select their own temp without have to touch anything.
I knew the day when english would prevail.you idiot. thank god you're gone. I don't care if i got low ranked. Use english and i wouldn't mind.
Just ignore him, you guys are giving him exactly what trolls want: attention!
Seems like a heated water-theremin ....
"Why did you spend so much time in the bathroom?"
"I was.. uh... playing with the sink....."
oh wow... i wonder how many DVDs my kids could shove in that slot until it breaks.
your icon just makes your post that much better.
Make that thing dispense Kool-aid and I will sell my soul for it... :D
On a serious note? Neat tech, make it astechically more pleasing to the eye ( a plan slit in the wall looks dumb to me), and I think it will catch on in rich restops near big cities and highways, as well as the home before long. Depends though, bc the big question is "How flow control will be handled?" Sure it gets hotter left or colder right, but how fast, is there an up and down too? LolZ... just wondering.
Well, first, I would edit your comment. Then I would suggest that you read things that actually interest you.
while everyone gets angry with him and types angry comments, he sits there laughing....
cout
...make that
cout << "Go die in a hole" << endl;
hey look, i can write in code too!
...dammit engadget wheres the edit button!!!
First of all...I tried to type like you supercoold00che and am completely confounded as to how typing f-ed up like that is actually easier than keeping your fingers on the keyboard like God intended so there's no need for your nonsense.
Second, this is a pretty cool idea. Now I'm just waiting for a device to come along that actually makes "hovering" less stressful on the knees.
It be cooler if there were LED's that changed the waters colour from blue to red as it changes temps.
It already exists...
http://www.sectorlabs.com/products/h2glow.htm
i can just imagine when this is newly installed, and most people doesnt know how it works
"oh, heres the sink, but wheres the faucet?"
"theres a slit here, maybe I shou......cra@p!!" - he touched the leftmost part
ridiculous, absolutely stupid invention. I am curious though what happens if you are washing your face by splashing water and you are covering the entire area. Does it take an average or randomly scald and freeze you?
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the "a" button is closer than the "4" button you effin moron.
I know it senses your hands and dispense water.
But can it play Crysis
(Sorry there was no need for that)
Seems like it would be pretty easy to stray too far and get burned.
Still, a great invention. If I saw it I would likely spend way too much time washing my hands.
Don't you just wish you could ignore users on the Engdaget comment system?
Well, now you can with the Firefox Extension Egnored.
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ahahha, voted UP!
that sink is a spongebob on yo shirt LOOKIN BOi
aka stupid. I'd like to see him put both hands in there, k thnx
but my hands have the smell of CLEANNN
ole PINESOL LOOKIN BOI!
Cool. Now only if they will make it so the doors on most mens restrooms would swing out rather then in, we wouldn't have to use paper towels or our sleeves to open the doors after washing our hands.
watch out! one of those roach things from mimic is in the bathroom
Being Dutch, just to be complete, "kunst zonder kapsones" means something like "art without pretentions"... however "kapsones" is a bit of a slang word, so this translation isn't entirely correct, I wouldn't know a more direct translation into English.
One hand works now. Two hands coming with the Microsoft Surface release??