Sunday, November 20, 2005
News splashToto, Japan's largest manufacturer of bathroom fixtures, has introduced the world's first musical toilet seat. Yes, you read it right, a toilet that sings while you are minding your business in the personal library. The upgrade comes only with the N5A model, the latest addition to Toto's Apricot line of toilet seats with integrated bidets.
The music feature is built into a control panel they call a "Sound Rimocon" which, in addition to managing the various toilet functions (more on that below), can play 16 pre-recorded music tracks, and also has a SD card slot with MP3 support in case you perform better with your own choice of music. Something appropriate for the occasion, like "Blue Water," "Song of the Boatman," or "Let this Mighty River Roll." Not boring elevator Muzak, but personalized bathroom entertainment. Kids may no longer have to learn the usual bathroom pastimes like reading poetry, watching the Ty-D-Bowl man swim, or playing fantasy games with cardboard tubes from empty toilet rolls.
The N5A is definitely a giant advance over the hole-in-the-ground toilet found in many Japan bathrooms not so long ago. Among other amenities are automatic opening and closing of the toilet lid (no wonder Japan has such a low divorce rate), toilet seat heating that can be programmed to warm the seat at pre-determined times (much better than throwing a log in the fireplace when you wake up on a chilly Sunday morning), and waste analyzer capability that allows it to regulate flushing based on the type of output (don't ask me how that works).
Don't get too excited though. Although the N5A was released in Japan early this month and can be retrofitted to just about any old toilet, it is not sold in the US yet, and it's going to cost you a whopping 180,000 yen or about $1500 for the privilege of crapping on Britney Spears. But that alone, I think, is almost worth a trip to Japan.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 9:22 AM
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Fantasy games with cardboard tubes in the bathroom? Oh you are so sick. But it does bring back fond memories.
# posted by 
: 20 November, 2005 16:45
: 20 November, 2005 16:45
Connecticut and Anon,
What's wrong with cardboard tubes? Not everyone has a Ty-D-Bowl man.
Rikiya,
Thanks for the comment. I tried going to your site, but there is no blog there. Am I missing something?
What's wrong with cardboard tubes? Not everyone has a Ty-D-Bowl man.
Rikiya,
Thanks for the comment. I tried going to your site, but there is no blog there. Am I missing something?
Ahhh, that's a winner. Combine mp3 with anything and you've got a great product. My favorite is the combination mp3 player and toaster. Wow. I can toast my bread to Mantovani.
Oslo,
It has a seat warmer and plays music. I can't think of anything else I'd want in a toilet. Maybe a book page turner and built-in television?
It has a seat warmer and plays music. I can't think of anything else I'd want in a toilet. Maybe a book page turner and built-in television?
Wow...a seat warmer, you can play your own music, and it's "smart" about flushing!
Those advances are...totally unecessary...although using only the necessary amount of water could be environmentally helpful. It sounds much better than the Lo-Flow toilets that people tried to start using here that had so many problems, and ended up using more water because people had to flush more than once to...clean out the bowl.
Those advances are...totally unecessary...although using only the necessary amount of water could be environmentally helpful. It sounds much better than the Lo-Flow toilets that people tried to start using here that had so many problems, and ended up using more water because people had to flush more than once to...clean out the bowl.
Oh, and speaking of toiets and potty humor, check out the newest post on my blog - it's about a dog fart filter!
Indy,
I don't know how the "smart toilet" function works to decide if it's #1 or #2. Does it listen or watch? Either way, too creepy.
I definitely need to find out more about the dog fart filter. That sounds 1000 times more useful than a musical toilet.
I don't know how the "smart toilet" function works to decide if it's #1 or #2. Does it listen or watch? Either way, too creepy.
I definitely need to find out more about the dog fart filter. That sounds 1000 times more useful than a musical toilet.
What a perfect way to say goodbye to all the Whalemeat i had for dinner!
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