This little taste of weird from the land of Japan is too good not to share. The video clip below shows a wonder of Japanese ingenuity, which I'm sure you're bound to agree. It has been brought to us by two entities who share a dream, a passion... a name.
TOTO, said to be the world's largest toilet maker and toto, a soccer-related lottery agent (no relation), have teamed up to bestowed upon us...
The Super Great Toiler Keeper!
As you can see from the video, this marvel can not only turn its bowl in a full 180 degree motion, but it also shoots projectiles with lightening speed and pinpoint precision to deflect any oncoming target.
Of course, my first question when I saw this was, why make a toilet with motion sensors that can turn itself in different directions? But then I thought it would make it easy for anyone who has ever suffered a handover so bad, even lifting their head high enough to reach the bowl would equate to a herculean feat.
Why it would need shoot high-speed projectiles, however, remained a mystery to me.
But it turns out this merely a concept toilet, much like those concept cars at shows that they don't intend to hit the market for another ten years. In short, they just made it because they could.
I love Japan!
I like the thought of the pitch meeting at their labs: "Okay, guys, I have something that will blow the market apart. A toilet, that shoots projectiles out of it and twists. No, no one will be able to use it as an actual toilet unless they want a ball rocketed up their rectum, but it would be the ultimate goalkeeper. I know that machines aren't allowed in the league, but one day. One day."
ReplyDeleteIf it becomes even remotely necessary to have to have balls (or any other projectiles as a matter of fact) shot at high speed up your rectum in the future, I sincerely hope I don't live long enough to see that future.
DeleteI suspect that toilet is currently being written into the next James Bond movie script.
ReplyDeleteIf so, the British Secret Service is really resorting to extreme measures now, aren't they? Wait! How would Bond carry & deploy it? That, I have to see.
DeleteIt's always scary to me, when scientists and engineers do things...because they can. I don't get it. But I too love the Japanese for all the things we can write about. And don't forget the Chinese. Did you happen to catch this one...
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How haven't I heard of this before now!?! You're right about the Chinese. They've got some serious weirdness of their own going on.
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