11 of the most unusual in the history of toilets

1. Gold

Toilet bowl - a work of art. The sculpture is made of 18 carat gold 750-carat created American Maurizio Cattelan. Toilet was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2016.

Cattelan called his work "America"Maurizio Cattelan: «America», He conceived a golden bowl represents the excesses of modern art, the American dream and the inevitability of physical needs. By the way, relieve themselves right in the sculpture could any visitor of the exhibition - the truth, for it had to pay 25 dollars.

In September 2019 golden toilet even hit the headlines: "America" ​​was exhibited at the Blenheim Palace in the UK and has been kidnapped. This led to the sewer break, which damaged the interior of the palace.

2. Brilliant

It shines not on the purity and radiance of rhinestones Swarovski. Another nice toilet, but, unlike gold, you can buy and install at home.

plumbing encrustedWorld's 'most expensive toilet' is encrusted with 72,000 Swarovski crystals

3. For speed lovers

crazy inventionJapan's poo-powered Toilet Bike Neo from the Japanese company TOTO. This toilet is crossed with a motorcycle, and the assurance of the authors, was created to preserve the environment. However, he does not move due to the processing of human waste, and biogas fuel. So, apparently, the toilet was added to the design to make life easier for bikers: with it, you can not stop even for a trip to the toilet.

4. Toilet without flushing

The toilet straight out of the future. He does not need water: it does not wash away the feces into the sewer, and with the help of chemical processes them into fertilizer.

A draft of such a toilet in 2018 in forum The Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing introducedBill Gates brandishes poo to showcase reinvented toilet tech Bill Gates. Development of new technology for eight years leads a charitable foundation Gates and his wife. To study the toilets billionaire spent $ 200 million and plans to spend as much more. All for a good purpose - to destroy harmful bacteria and stop the dangerous diseases that spread because of poor hygiene.

Plumbing Gates must be on the market in 2030 and will cost about $ 500.

5. With skis

Technically, this is not just a toilet, but the whole dressing room, decorated like a ski slope. To the toilet attached skis, the floor is covered with white tiles, imitating the snow, and on the walls - wallpaper with mountain views.

In 2013, several of these stylized bathroomsToilets with 360-degree views It appeared on the Japanese ski resorts. With their help we advertised coffee beverage. And yet, perhaps, a toilet helps beginners extremals tune before the first descent.

6. With bidet

Toilet with integrated bidet - a handy thing that allows you to optimize the space of the toilet room and bring intimate hygiene to a new level. Interesting model without connection to the electricity developed by the German company TECE. Shower toilet is controlled by means of two knobs: the first controls the temperature of the water (it may be heated to 38 degrees), the second - control pressure (maximum - 5 liters per minute).

Hygienic shower does not stick in the toilet all the time, so you can not be afraid that you will get dirty during his trip to the toilet. To start a bidet, you have to turn the handle to the pressure of the water: shower then ejected from the rear wall of the structure. After the completion of the procedures necessary to handle a return to the starting position.

Bidet - one of the safest ways to cleanse the intimate area after going to the toilet. The fact is that the toilet paper is left on the delicate skin cracks that carry harmful bacteria and cause perianal dermatitisPruritis Ani Expanded VersionAnd the warm water just gently cleanses the desired area.

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7. With laser

No, it's not the toilet for masochists, and escape from the scandal in the family. The laser scans the room, and if it is empty, a raised toilet seat is lowered automatically. However, you can not buy a toilet: it exists only at the level of theory. Information about it cameThe AutoClose Loo in the edition of The Telegraph in 2009, and after - news robotualete was no more.

8. Toilet tandem

Ideal for those who do not want to give up even for a minute. Even in the toilet. Toilet called The TwoDaLooTwoDaLoo, For Couples Who Share Everything and costs $ 1 400 (about 89 500 rubles). By design, it is designed to save the marriage and nature: two seats at the toilet and cistern - one. However, as it will reduce the consumption of water is not very clear: the amount of something in the tank twice.

9. Toilet tubularly

The invention for the big music fans. Or, on the contrary, its haters. After the toiletTrumpet It looks like a huge pipe in to help.

10. Toilet-tank

Observation of fish in an aquarium helps to relax. Probably, for this purpose, and was created by the toilet-tankFish 'n Flush Toilet Tank Aquarium Kit. Its reservoir is divided into two parts: the flush water is in one, and fish swim to the other. So do not worry, when you use the toilet, no animals were harmed.

11. The collection of analyzes

Toilet called FitLooThe smart toilet that can tell if you're sick It has been in development since the end of 2018: on it employs experts at MIT and the European Space Agency. FitLoo will operate on technology similar to that used the astronauts of the International Space Station to monitor the state of health. Smart machine will carry out a urine test - check indicators of protein and glucose, and then transmit the data to a special application on the smartphone.

It promises that the new product will go on sale within five years. And in the future, all toilets, even in public places, will be able to carry out tests.

* According to the editorial board Layfhakera.