According to Telstra’s 2011 annual smartphone survey, 33 per cent of questioned Australians admit to ‘throne surfing’. Sure, that was across all ages, but it’s still low compared to 91 per cent of Americans aged 28 to 35 using their device on the loo, according to the New York Times. Moreover, a quarter of Americans say they won’t go to the toilet without their phone! So are Aussies cleaner — or just less honest? More »
When disaster strikes and society comes to a halt, the necessity to relieve yourself doesn’t. If anything, you’ll be more inclined to crap your pants. But it needs to be clean, or else disease spreads. Enter the Japanese emergency crapper. More »
Sega has installed toilet games in bars and arcades across Tokyo. It’s called Toylet and games include measuring volume of urine, measuring power of stream, wiping a wall clean of graffiti and even controlling wind to lift a girl’s skirt up. More »
Have you ever wondered whether or not having a jet of water shooting up at your anus would inhibit your ability to use your iPhone on the crapper? Someone did, to the point they conducted a study of 106 randomly selected Griffith university students to see how bidets impacted people using their iPhone. More »
Designer Miguel Melgarejo’s Axixia building urinal was absurd, but he truly outdid himself with the Pillet energy-generating toilet paper holder/lamp. More »
We knew that Japan probably has the thinnest houses in the world. Of course, the toilets match. Just looking at the girl inside makes me anxious: More »
Despite butting heads with Apple in the past, Greenpeace is jumping on the iPhone bandwagon with an app based on their Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide.
