tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post6108344547619266692..comments2023-09-16T04:04:05.052-05:00Comments on Mad Engineering: Of Toilets and HygieneProfessor Preposteroushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07833576109973350556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post-51945397385720494072009-11-29T16:21:22.463-06:002009-11-29T16:21:22.463-06:00Travelers to Japan have often reported on there be...Travelers to Japan have often reported on there being a remarkably different set of priorities for technology there. You have advanced toilets for comfort, super-speed trains for transportation, and high tech phones, but central air conditioning and heating is nonexistent, clothes drying is done purely by clothesline and sun, and when you really get into the sticks, suddenly instead of high tech toilets you have what amounts to a porcelain hole in the floor.<br />Oh, and each of us finds the other bizarre and wasteful.Professor Preposteroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833576109973350556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post-9073010676946507852009-11-28T09:36:45.133-06:002009-11-28T09:36:45.133-06:00On the other end of the spectrum you have the Japa...On the other end of the spectrum you have the Japanese who treat toilet seats the way hip 16 year olds treat view their cell phones. The variables that can be controlled are impressive: heated seats, hot water pre flush (so that if you splash it will be nice and warm to the touch) etc. I never had the courage to use the mechatronic bidetPawl Bearinghttp://pawlbearing.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com