A futuristic “bathroom with brains” has been shown at the kbb London exhibition, with a range of new product prototypes with devices that recycle water and even monitor your health and well being. Furniture and interior designer Rock Galpin has come up with the design which features a range of innovative products intended to revolutionise [...]
Following our blog post a few months ago about Sega fitting urinal games in toilets in Japan, details about another quirky urinal have appeared online. The thermochromic urinal is a heat sensitive wall which changes colour depending on the temperature. It starts as just a blue wall and can change to a variety of colours [...]
Gadgets are a reoccurring theme in this blog, from the innovative to the offbeat to the downright expensive, the strange things that people come up with to apparently make our lives easier can be mind boggling. However, some of the quirky items which have recently been invented for use in your bathroom are actually quite [...]
An American manufacturer has unveiled the latest in bathroom technology – an ultra hi-tech toilet costing £3,900. The Numi, produced by Kohler has a plethora of features to make your experience as comfortable as possible, including a heated seat, foot-warming hot air vents, a motion-activated seat and lid, and a bidet. It also includes the [...]
Inspired by the stories of people struggling after Hurricane Katrina, a French inventor this week showcased his portable toilet at an inventor’s convention in Geneva. Laurent Helewa, a doctor, designed the lightweight and easy to carry toilet to help prevent diseases such as cholera after natural disasters when thousands of people have been displaced. Speaking [...]
The recent launch of the iPad 2 has been all over the news, with reports of people queuing for hours in all weather to get their hands on the new tablet. One of the benefits of the device is that it can be used pretty much anywhere and a survey last week revealed that 20% [...]
Following our recent post about the Japanese obsession with their hi-tech Washlet toilets, one of the leading manufacturers has demonstrated a new product range for Europe at a trade fair. During the ISH 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany, manufacturer Toto demonstrated their new EK product range. Marketed as a “starter model among warm water cleansing toilets”, [...]
The trend for state of the art kitchens and bathrooms as well as developments in technology and IT has meant that more and more people are installing hi tech features into these rooms. Gone are the days when technology was limited to the rooms such as the living room and the study, homeowners are now [...]
Two companies in America have teamed up to find a way to make sure you give their advertisements your undivided attention – by placing them in the mirrors in public bathrooms. Clear Channel Outdoors and Mirrus have come up with some new motion sensor technology which means mirrors can be used to show either still [...]
The kitchen has long since become a room of entertainment; nowadays we’re increasingly going ‘open plan’ and having guests file into the kitchen area for a good natter around the table – the main bonus being that the kettle isn’t far away. But with this new era of entertaining, we’ve seen the TV become a prominent [...]
