quote: Talking Dutch toilets flush with comments Monday, August 30, 2004 Posted: 1:39 PM EDT (1739 GMT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- The citizens of Amsterdam may now take counsel of talking toilets that expound on the perils of smoking or the futility of war and berate them on hygiene and cleanliness.
The first such toilets, fitted with sensors to detect exactly what visitors do and to pass comment if appropriate, were installed in a central Amsterdam cafe Thursday. Creator Leonard van Munster, who sees the project as an artistic venture, will build more if the demand arises.
"You might consider sitting down next time," the toilet told a male Reuters reporter politely in a female robot voice. The next user was told that "The last visitor did not take heed of basic rules of hygiene."
Depending on circumstances, the toilet might remind you to wash your hands or ask you to lift the seat.
"It could suddenly start coughing and warn you about the dangers of cigarettes, or name all the cool movie stars who smoke. It just depends what mood it's in," van Munster said referring to people who sneak off to secretly have a puff.
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Can you imagine having one of those things in your house? You get up in the middle of the night to answer the call of nature and the toilet starts talking. I think I'd have a heart attack.
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Dag, an unacceptable exchange between my daughter and her this summer(I was not there):
My Daughter comes in, in her bathing suit, eating a potato chip.
Grandmother: Don't eat those, they're bad for you. That's why your're so fat."
Me(later): Grandmother, you told A she was fat!
Grandmother: Well, isn't she?
Well, no she friggin isn't! She is ten, and in that weird stage before puberty. She is tall and very strong. It was really my grandmother's way of saying, "Elizabeth dear, you are fat, and I would love you better if you were thin."
Ah, sorry. But it is a toilet thread, so I got to spew.
Again, Albert brooks comes to mind.
Mother: I love you, dear. Albert: I know you think you do.
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Actually, I remember one article that suggested future toilets will come with sensors to monitor the quality of your waste in order to better evaluate your health.
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I saw a movie when I was little about a kid attacked by a talking toilet. I wouldn't flush the toilet for months after that, and when I did, I'd flee the room before it could get me!
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The next thing you know, toilets will be able to automatically test urine for different things. Then it can make other comments like "Have you ever considered drug rehab?" or "Congratulations! You're pregnant!"
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