While you probably don’t have a need for a Rubik’s Cube in your house these days, you definitely need to take a bath from time to time to keep from stinking. So why not make it fun, and grab this Rubik’s Cube soap block, from DigitalSoaps?

This thing is a dead-ringer for the original puzzle, with all the perfect grooves and 54 colorful stickers hand-applied to the underlying form. Only the bottom is a little different (it’s completely flat), presumably because that’s how the soap molding process works. Still, it’s got yellow stickers on it, but you probably don’t want to show off that side.

Just like the original Rubik’s Cube, you’ll need to peel off the stickers to solve this puzzle – unless you want a bunch of stickers stuck to your bottom when you get out of the tub. Unlike the original Cube, this one smells like grape soda. This was only the case with the original if your little brother got out those Mr. Sketch scented grape markers and drew all over yours.

If you’d like a Rubik’s Cube soap for yourself, head on over to Etsy, where you can grab one for $22 (USD).

Presumably inspired by the famous Manneken Pis statue, these silly things plug into your headphone jack, and pee all over your fancy new gadgets. They’re the perfect complement to those urine-powered batteries I know you’re running all your devices with.

They’re available from Strapya (JP) for just ¥399 (~$5 USD) each, but I don’t see them on their international website yet. What a tragedy.

I doubt we’ll ever reach that stage, but the point is, time is valuable. Time is money. And time is something we all probably don’t have enough of.

So for the guys, there’s the e-Urinal. This thing will speed you up by checking your urinary health as you pee. The touchscreen fires up as you go, and you can just browse through the different menu and options by tapping (preferably after washing your hands.) So maybe it might also be a good idea to stick a mini sink in there somewhere.

The e-Urinal concept would measure the PH, SG, URO, BLO, WBC, PRO, GLI, BIL, & KET in your pee. That’s a whole lot of stuff, but basically, those are measures of your sugar levels, PH, and red/white blood cell count, among others. It could also store your history so you could check up on your trends over time (assuming you can remember which urinal you used.)

The e-Urinal was designed by Royce Zhang. It seems pretty cool, though it would be much cooler if he also came up with a female version. Hmmm.

[via Yanko Design]

Note that the profile on the curtain is actually of the curtain itself, not yours, so try to keep your poses respectful. Head to SpinningHat to reserve your own Social Shower Curtain for £14.99 (~$23 USD). Timeline not included.

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Aside from being a towel rack, it’s also a hair dryer, bathroom fan, and sterilizer! So in effect, you’ll be replacing four gadgets with this single, sleek, bar-like metal rack.

Just hang your wet towel on the rack and either let it dry naturally or flick it on to have it dry off your towel and even sterilize it. And to dry your hair, just remove the hair dryer from the unattached end and switch on. Quick and easy.

The Breeze Rack was designed by Jo Jae Young and is a Red Dot design concept winner.

[via Yanko Design]

These video game urinals were created by Captive Media, which is a good name. As long as you are slinging wiz, you’re not going anywhere, therefore you’re captive to their entertainment. The games have names like you would expect: Clever Dick, On The Piste and so on, and they are entire controlled by peeing.

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Just aim your stream in the proper direction, and you control the game. If you are proud of your score, you can also post it on the online leader board and Twitter.

Once they market the hell out of this and add advertising, the novelty will wear off and then guess what? Prepare for pooping games. Although I suppose those high scores will be more geared to the largest of humans. I can’t wait. That’s sarcasm. I can wait. Please never make this happen.

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The blue and orange colors of portals also dominate the bedroom, and there are prints of the graffiti and signs from the game. I gotta say though, Vector is one brave kid. Watch the video to find out who’s watching over him every night:

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He also has a Portal-potty:

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I’d count myself the luckiest guy in the world if I had my room had its own bathroom, let alone a Portal-themed one. And seriously, Vector freakin’ Farr. That’s a name worthy of its own video game.

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…The Data Toilet.

Actually, PCB Creations calls this toilet they made from recycled circuit boards “The Royal Data Throne,” but I prefer my moniker. I was actually going to say something about how you could flush your bad memory down the toilet, but I figure I’ll leave the captions to you guys. I’m sure you’ll come up with something more clever than me.

Thankfully, at just 12-inches tall, and 5-inches wide, this circuit board toilet is way too small to sit on, so unless you’ve got a really small (and well-padded) ass, don’t get any funny ideas about actually taking a dump in it.

If you’ve got $500 (USD) to waste, go hit a casino and bet it all on number 2 on the roulette wheel. Then bet your winnings all on the same number again. If you still have $500 left afterwards, you can grab this oddity over on Etsy now.

So what did some clever people come up with? CLOO. No, it’s not some portable toilet or anything of that sort. Rather, it’s an app for your smartphone that will sort of work like a geo-targeted social network for toilets. It connects people who: 1) have a vacant toilet and 2) need to go urgently.

That means CLOO is working on the concept that some people will allow total strangers to pee or take a dump in their bathroom for a couple of dollars.

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Some people have expressed disgust at the concept, which I understand, because really, you’ll basically be opening your door to complete strangers who could have other intentions than just using your toilet. Nonetheless, good try though, CLOO crew.

[via Gizmodo via Dvice]

We’ve been going potty for decades on that thing and it’s been working fine so far, so why the call for a re-design? That’s because while we all have the luxury of flushing away our undesirable waste, millions billions of people in various parts of the world aren’t so fortunate.

People in developing nations across the globe don’t have access to a continuous supply of water, and therefore, don’t really have anything to flush their toilets with.

You can check out the video below by the Foundation about their new sanitation improvement initiative:

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have decided to put in a generous $42 million in new program investments and strategies. But more than that, some of the funds will be channeled into efforts to develop sanitation technology and hopefully come up with a re-design for the toilet.

[via TechCrunch]

Yep, despite all their recent hardships, Japan is still chock-full of weird and wacky ideas. The SEGA ToyLets game rewards players with points not based on accuracy, but the volume and intensity of urine they spray into the game controller (aka the urinal). Infrared sensors monitor when a contestant approaches, activating the game screen. Once you start doing your business, microwave sensors measure the speed and duration of the flow.

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As you can see from the video clip above, you’ll even be able to compete head-to-head (literally) with other contestants for the best stream. SEGA hopes that bars and restaurants will buy these and install them in their restrooms, since the game screen can also be used to sell advertisements. With a cost of about ¥170,000 (~$1729 USD) for the system, and another ¥10,000 (~$123) for the game, you might even consider installing one of these in your own bathroom if you’ve got a couple thousand bucks to spare on a conversation piece.

We can only hope that this won’t be turned into a Kinect game.

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I can’t think of a more appropriate video game character to decorate a bathroom. Mario is a plumber after all. And a doctor – remember that for your medicine cabinet eisley.

Awesome paint job. Eisley and her boyfriend are not quite done with their project – they also plan on installing other Mario and Nintendo related items such as towels, shower curtains and shelves – but they’ll try to make a video of their bathroom when they’re done.

[via Destructoid]

If you have a bunch of old games that you really don’t like or just don’t work and you need to make something geeky, this is it. This urinal is made of old SNES cartridges and some other supplies. The finished product is a urinal that you can pee on.

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The thing I see about this is that if you make a mistake sealing up all those gaps, you will end up with pee everywhere. It also looks like this urinal is very likely to overflow. A urinal overflowing on your shoes is one of the few things guys fear in the public restroom. You can make your own game urinal for about $250 and with eight hours of your time.

[via Pricecharting]

The mosaic is nice and clean. It features C-3PO, R2-D2, and Chewbacca. These characters do seem to gel together in the movies and they do the same in this mosaic. There are more characters hidden away. I think I see a Luke Skywalker or Wedge Antilles peeking out as well.

Needless to say that I’d like to have one of these in my house, but I doubt that my wife or the new occupants of our duplex would approve.

[Jagoda Architecture via Apartment Therapy/OhDeeDoh]

This would also bring new meaning to the term “floaters.” I would not be happy if I walked in and there were literally turds floating around. I bet that has happened before though. The thing is, in zero gravity anything floats around. If the suction fails, you will be in there with a bag trying to catch Mr. Hankey. National Geographic has a video that explains how to do the deed in space.

That space throne looks intimidating; it would really suck to get a case of the squirts while living on the ISS. I find it more than a little funny that part of astronaut training is how to take a poo.

The wall changes colors using the heat from dudes’ warm streams of pee (boy that sounds so nasty now that I said it.) I actually have no idea where this thing is located, or if it’s just a design concept, but if any of you guys have ever seen it up close and personal, let us know where we need to go take a leak if we want to see it in action.

[via MatrixAgent]

This incredibly expensive toilet has got a bidet, integrated deodorizer, and air dryer for your bum. The lid will automatically open and close, sort of like a Transformer. There is even a seat and foot warmer and a built-in music system so that you can listen to something nice while you’re doing your business. Plus it’s all controlled from a fancy touchscreen remote.

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While I don’t doubt that this sounds revolutionary, I can’t imagine spending over $6k on a crapper. If you must experience something like this, spend the night in a suite at a  high-end hotel and poop in their fancy toilets instead.

[via Kohler]

Temperatures below 90°F make it turn green, temps between 91 and 105°F it becomes blue and 107 to 113°F will make it red. If it gets above 114°F, the shower head will start to flash, alerting you to the danger of potentially scalding yourself. These shower heads don’t require any batteries. There is an internal generator powered by the flow of water to charge it up.

You can get one for just $13 a pop here. That’s not a bad price for something like this.

[via Ubergizmo]

He called his invention iPotti and it’s made to tell you when someone is in the room and when it vacant. He designed the system using a Make interface board from MakingThings.com, a couple of ambient light sensors, and then a Mac app to monitor the throne room’s status. The heart of the thing is a Atmel Sam7 Arm microcontroller that is stuck on the Make board.

That interface board has Ethernet, USB, port and other headers for connectivity. The program puts a little logo in the Mac desktop that glows red if the bathroom is vacant or green if it’s filled. The catch is that the things only work by sensing light. If someone leaves the light on when they leave, you get a false filled reading. The next update should use a motion sensor and add a methane detector so you know if someone dropped a stinky load and you need to wait before going in.

[via StuffAndyMakes]

As you can see, the LavNav also reminds you to put the toilet seat back down by switching its light from green to red.

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You can order the LavNav from I Want One of Those for £19.99 (appx. $32 USD).