Made by the tinkerers over at Gadget Gangster, the Toilet Buddy has three abilities based on two parameters. When it senses that the toilet seat is up and the restroom light is on, it plays a flushing sound. When the toilet seat is down but the room’s light is on, it plays back a reminder to turn off the light. And when the toilet seat is up but the room’s light is off, it’ll tell you to put the toilet seat down. You monster.

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As you may have guessed you can turn the Toilet Buddy into another kind of Buddy, like one that automatically rings the door bell or plays a scary sound to surprise passers by. And then reminds them to put their toilet seat down. Check out the build instructions and parts list over at Gadget Gangster.

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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.

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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]

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.

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.

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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).

What I want to know is with his phone in the sewer and his arm stuck up to the elbow in the pot just how the hell did the fire department get involved. Talk about a crap job removing this moron from the toilet. I particularly like the part of the video where the firemen are gloving up, you can see one of the guys shake his head and if I could understand Chinese I bet he is saying “WTF, I don’t get paid enough for this.”

He was apparently stuck for only a short time and his rescue required the use of a crow bar. I wonder if it was a public toilet, it kind of looks that way. I bet the person who found the guy stuck like that laughed and pointed for a few minutes before calling for help.

Dave took that go-kart frame and replaced the standard seats with a couple retasked toilets. He removed the tanks off the toilet because driving around leaning on the tank of a toilet would just be gross. The seatbacks are instead made from a couple of coolers.

You know what that means, right? You can sit on this thing, watch the game, take a dump, drink a beer, and never have to actually walk anywhere. All this thing needs is a grill for cooking a steak and a topless nymphomaniac on the toilet next to you and man’s purpose on Earth would be complete. Pure genius Dave – you are my hero.

[via Jalopnik]

Keitai Otohime is a small version of the Otohime, so you can shit rest assured that any undesirable sound will be covered by the gentle sound of rushing water. Activate it whenever your boyfriend opens his big mouth, for instance.

You can order the Keitai Otohime at Japan Trend Shop for $36 (USD).

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I can’t help but think that this is where you go after the steampunk cake and a nice cup of tea. But of course, you can take your tea with you and urinate like a gentleman, thanks to the cupholder.

And just in case you needed to see this in video form, thankfully, the creator filmed the hot flushing action, just for you.

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The tank is oak. That just seemed worth pointing out. And there’s a friendly laser guide so you’ll never miss… provided you’re watching every moment of the deed.

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Each porta-potty cranks out 2-watts of sound, with a frequency range of 80Hz to 25kHz, and a supposed signal-to-noise ratio of >98dB. I wonder if that’s with the water running or not.

They’re available over at ChinaGrabber for $14.99 (USD) each. That’s just $114.99 more than anyone I know would ever pay for one.

And while they don’t mention it explicitly on the product page, I should remind you that you should not – under any circumstance – attempt to use these as actual toilets.

It’ll also come in handy if you ever build an outhouse; then you can have an outhousewarming party. Awesome. The possibilities are endless. You can buy the outhouse and toilet paper lights at Taylor Gifts for $25 USD.

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This Toilet Is Awesome – Watch more

After careful analysis of the powerful toilet in the video, I deduced that it’s named the Palermo, which you can buy at your local dealer for about $250 – $445 USD. You can check out St. Thomas Creations’ site to help find a store that carries their products.

As the video went on and on, getting more absurd by the second, I was afraid that the disembodied hand would dump a Human Baby (6.2 lbs). Or Black Tar (5 kilos).

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I can think of no better place to feature an image of the great gaming icon than on the lid of your toilet. I guess there’s not much to do in Utah, where the artist who made this woodburnt oak toilet seat hails from.

If you want this in your bathroom, you better head on over to eBay and get your bid in quick.

[via Hawty McBloggy]

Designed for the world’s laziest man, the Roto Rooter Pimped Out John includes a 20-inch flat-panel LCD TV, an Xbox 360, DVD player, a laptop, a TiVo DVR, and an iPod docking station (mounted conveniently on a toilet-paper dispenser.) And while you’re “doin’ your business,” you can even work out on the exercise bike or reload with a beer from the included kegerator.

If the Pimped Out John sounds like your cup of tea, you can enter to win the whole shebang here.

[via Tech Digest]

I’ll simply let the images speak for themselves…