Diapers

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Poop-Stopping Design: The Disposable Nappy

3:30AM January 13, 2012 | Rachel Swaby

Babies are incredible waste producing-machines, speeding through approximately 10 nappies every day. If you are in possession of a poop-maker, you’ve got options for dealing with their impressive output: disposables, cloth, something called FuzziBunz. More »

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Diaper-Like Material Unable To Stop Fukushima’s Radioactive Water From Leaking Into The Sea

3:30AM April 4, 2011 | Jack Loftus

I’ll echo Boing Boing’s thoughts on this story: This is no joke. Apparently a series of preventative polymeric water absorbent dams (the diaper-like material) have been unable to stop radioactive water from leaking into the Pacific Ocean. More »

Careful, Old People In Japan May Pee On Your iPad

12:40PM January 30, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

As if there weren’t enough iPad jokes already, it turns out that there’s a Japanese product – a high-tech adult nappy – called the Aipad. You can guess the pronunciation by the fact that I’m even writing about this. More »

Gadgets

FlighSuit Bird Diaper Prevents Fecal Fallout

5:00AM January 13, 2009 | Sean Fallon

I know that these FlightSuit diapers are for bird lovers who want their precious pets to fly freely without creating a mess, but I have a broader initiative in mind.

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Science

Japanese Invent High Tech Space Diapers

7:40AM January 7, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Engineers all over the world have focused their vast brainpower to overcome one major obstacle—space pooping. The Japanese think they have a solution with their fancy new wearable toilet.

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