Tag: TOILETS

A U.K. industrial design student has discovered a way to harness energy each time a toilet is flushed or a bathtub is drained. According to Creative Boom, Tom Broadbent's HighDro Power works much like a miniature hydroelectric dam, inside your building's sewage pipes. When water drains from a toilet, tub, sink or any other appliance, it travels down the pipes, through the device and spins four ...

Humans pioneered various methods of removing waste from their homes and dwellings thousands of years ago. From that first "Eureka!" moment, indoor plumbing has been a constant source of experimentation and innovation (and sophomoric humor, of course). Unfortunately, particularly for certain victims and Grandpa Simpson, that innovation sometimes goes horribly awry. One hundred years after the ...

If you're looking for a state-of-the-art commode it would be hard to top the Quattro, St. Thomas Creations' super toilet that can flush anything. Some creative students at Arizona State University, though, have designed a new model that will aesthetically, if not functionally, challenge the mega-flushing Quattro. The 'Go with the Flo,' which won an award at the Northwest Design Invitational, ...

Have you ever needed to unload a couple pounds of "carrots" in a hurry but didn't flush them because you were worried they might get stuck in your toilet? Worry no more, because St. Thomas Creations has a product for you and everyone else who has difficulty finding a commode capable of handling their needs. The company lauds its Quattro Flushing Technology as "the most advanced flushing system ...

Gotta love bathrooms, man. It's tough to argue that they're not the best room in the house, and it is with such unfettered esteem that Cracked has compiled a list of the most innovative bathrooms around the world. Highlights come from such faraway places as Japan (where the Intelligence Toilet can measure the sugar levels in your urine, test your blood pressure, body fat, and weight, and then ...

The poor toilet. Maligned, scorned, topic of embarrassing conversations. Surprisingly, little has been done in technology (at least here in the U.S.) to make our bathroom experiences less, shall we say, annoying. Have no fear --we bring you two recently announced potty products that will turn your bathroom into the haven it was never meant to be. First up we present the Brondell Breeza ...