[Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!

Aziza acwaterreader09 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 12 18:56:02 CST 2008


Joseph, I think your on the right track... To ponder this too seriously 
would drive us all crazy. Besides, it's just to good of a joking matter to 
pass up right?
I mean, who ever heard of a sound proof bathroom... That's a little creepy. 
Anything could happen in a locked sound proof bathroom... And, what if the 
doors open while this "anything" is taking place unbenounced to the ocupant 
or ocupants?
Abby
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>   1. Technological toilets: This is not for real! Or is it?
>      (Eric Calhoun)
>   2.     (Mike Freeman)
>   3. Re: technological toilet, this is for real! (T. Joseph Carter)
>   4. Re: technological toilet, this is for real! (T. Joseph Carter)
>   5. Re: technological toilet, this is for real! (T. Joseph Carter)
>   6. Re: technological toilet, this is for real! (Constance Canode)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:49:21 -0500 (EST)
> From: Eric Calhoun <eric at pmpmail.com>
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Technological toilets: This is not for real! Or is
> it?
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
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>
> That's something that _I hope _never happens.
>
> Eric
> -
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:25:05 -0800
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
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> I suspect the time limit is to prevent illicit activity such as "public"
> sexual encounters or drug activity. As I say, it may not be as idiotic
> as one might think -- just inordinately expensive and convoluted.
>
> Mike
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Jennifer Aberdeen
>  To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
>  Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:57 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
>
>
>  What if you're blind and for whatever reason, you take more than
> fifteen
>  minutes? The door just opens for everyone to see! What idiocy!
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Jamie Rhoads" <jrhoads284 at gmail.com>
>  To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:48 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
>
>
>  > OH...my....goodness......not only does it sound inaccessible, but
> creepy.
>  > I
>  > cannot even believe people put that much work into designing a
> toylet....
>  >
>  > Jamie
>  > ----- Original Message ----- 
>  > From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
>  > To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet Blind-Talk Mailing List"
>  > <BlindTlk at nfbnet.org>; <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>  > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:38 AM
>  > Subject: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
>  >
>  >
>  > Okay, just another device that's going to be user unfriendly to the
> blind.
>  >
>  > Sherri
>  > Subject: Technology?
>  >
>  > FACILITIES REVIEW. Greetings, Earthlings.
>  > Your New Restroom Is Ready.. NY Times Metropolitan Desk2008-01-11
>  > By MICHAEL WILSON. When New York City's open-armed embrace
>  > of tourists finally extends beyond the boundaries of Earth to
> creatures
>  > from
>  > outer
>  > space, these visitors will find themselves right at home in Madison
> Square
>  > Park's
>  > sleek, shiny new public toilet.
>  > Indeed, the toilet calls to mind not a port-o-let, but rather the
> sort of
>  > room one
>  > imagines adjoined the personal quarters of Capt. James T. Kirk on
> the
>  > Starship Enterprise.
>  > It is a 25-cent journey to the future -- and, almost secondarily, a
> not
>  > unpleasant
>  > restroom.
>  > The restroom was unveiled on Thursday, the first of 20 planned for
> the
>  > city
>  > after
>  > more than 30 years of false starts and frustrations. It faces
> Madison
>  > Avenue
>  > just
>  > north of 23rd Street, and at first glance looks like a bus stop
> shelter.
>  > There are two architectural flourishes, both on the roof: a small
> pyramid
>  > of
>  > glass,
>  > like a little model of the Louvre, and an anachronistic metal
> stovepipe,
>  > reminiscent
>  > of a cozy shanty or an old outhouse with a crescent moon carved into
> the
>  > door.
>  > But no one goes to a bathroom to look at it. When the green light
> marked
>  > 'vacant'
>  > is lit, 25 cents -- coins only, no bills -- starts the visit.
>  > What follows is possibly the longest and most awkward 20 to 30
> seconds of
>  > a
>  > person's
>  > day. The door slips open like an elevator, but then it stays open,
> to
>  > accomm    odate
>  > those who need extra time getting in. Meanwhile, men and women in
> suits
>  > walk
>  > past.
>  > It is very difficult to look inconspicuous in a bathroom on a
> sidewalk in
>  > New York
>  > with the door open. There is just nothing to do but stand there. And
> the
>  > delay will
>  > not please those who are in distress.
>  > Finally, the door closes, and the first surprise is the quiet. The
> walls
>  > are
>  > padded
>  > to dampen street noise, leaving just the hum of a little fan
> overhead.
>  > Six little lights and the skylight in the pyramid cast a neutral
> glow over
>  > the user's
>  > home for the next 15 minutes, the maximum time limit.
>  > This toilet, which cost more than $100,000, is very spacious, large
> enough
>  > to accommodate
>  > a wheelchair. One cannot touch the side walls with arms
> outstretched.
>  > The floor is rubber and, more strikingly, very wet, but not in a
>  > bus-station-men's-room
>  > way. There is an antiseptic, fresh smell to the place.
>  > Sadly, these little surprises are forgotten with the first look at
> the
>  > toilet itself,
>  > an imposing, metal, cold-looking receptacle in the corner. There is
> no
>  > little stall
>  > around it, and so it looks exposed, like the facilities available in
> many
>  > prisons.
>  > It, too, is quite damp, for perfectly good reasons explained later,
> but
>  > the
>  > image
>  > first evokes a dungeon or a scene from one of the 'Saw' pictures.
>  > There is no seat to raise or lower, just the wide rim of the bowl,
> with
>  > covers made
>  > of tissue available in a dispenser to the side. Sitting down is a
> leap of
>  > faith,
>  > like falling backwards into a stranger's arms at a corporate
> team-building
>  > retreat.
>  > Turns out, it is cold. But once settled, the visitor finds the seat
> the
>  > perfect place
>  > to take in the room's other amenities.
>  > There seem to be as many buttons as on Captain Kirk's bridge. Red
> buttons,
>  > blue buttons,
>  > yellow buttons, black and green buttons. The red ones near the door
> and
>  > toilet call
>  > the company for help in an emergency. The yellow calls for
> 'assistance,'
>  > presumably
>  > something less dire than an emergency, but nonetheless, a situation.
> Blue
>  > flushes.
>  > Black dispenses toilet paper. One will quickly familiarize oneself
> with
>  > that
>  > button,
>  > because the designers have deigned a little 16-inch strip the
> standard
>  > helping of
>  > paper. A word to the wise: There is a maximum of just three
> helpings.
>  > Another tip:
>  > Do not tarry. A grim yellow light turns on when there are just three
>  > minutes
>  > remaining,
>  > and after that, the door will open.
>  > The sink is across the room. The big shocker here is the soap
> dispenser,
>  > which actually
>  > emits not a little squirt of soap, but a jet of warm water, with the
> soap
>  > already
>  > mixed in. Everything is motion-activated. No knobs anywhere. The
> warm-air
>  > hand dryer
>  > seems somewhat slow and weak, especially with that yellow light
> blinking
>  > by
>  > the door.
>  > Assuming one finishes before the 15 minutes are up, the big green
> button
>  > opens the
>  > door. The horns and sirens and chatter of the city return,
> jarringly.
>  > When the visitor steps out, the door shuts again, but the 'occupied'
> light
>  > stays
>  > lit. Strange hisses and spraying sounds come from within -- did
> someone
>  > slip
>  > past?
>  > No, actually, the room is cleaning itself. A robotic arm swings out
> over
>  > the
>  > toilet
>  > bowl and hits it with disinfectant, while similar jets spray across
> the
>  > sink
>  > and
>  > the floor. Then, dryers fan hot air over everything, but like the
> hand
>  > dryer, they
>  > seem to need more juice.
>  > This is all taken at the designer's word, for it is impossible to
> see. The
>  > cleanup
>  > cannot happen with someone in the room, with sensors below the floor
> to
>  > detect any
>  > weight.
>  > After 90 seconds of cleaning, the green light outside comes back on.
> Next?
>  > . PHOTO: Three officials, Janette Sadik-Khan, Adrian Benepe, center,
> and
>  > Daniel L.
>  > Doctoroff, consider the city's new toilet. There's no seat to raise,
> just
>  > the bowl's
>  > wide rim, with covers of tissues to use. (PHOTOGRAPH BY G. PAUL
>  > BURNETT/THE
>  > NEW YORK
>  > TIMES) .
>  > Sherri
>  >
>  > sbrun at cfl.rr.com
>  >
>  > TO DONATE YOUR USED CELL PHONE AND CHANGE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLIND
> IN
>  > CENTRAL FLORIDA go to:
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Whether we succeed or fail in what we do is not the essential thing.
>  >
>  > What is important is the heart with which we live our lives.
>  >
>  >
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> I suspect the time limit is to prevent illicit activity such as "public" 
> sexual encounters or drug activity. As I say, it may not be as idiotic as 
> one might think -- just inordinately expensive and convoluted.
> ?
> Mike
> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> mailto:freespirit328 at gmail.com Jennifer Aberdeen
> To:
> mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
> Sent:
> Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:57 PM
> Subject:
> Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
> What if you're blind and for whatever reason, you take more than fifteen
> minutes? The door just opens for everyone to see! What idiocy!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamie Rhoads" < mailto:jrhoads284 at gmail.com jrhoads284 at gmail.com
>>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" < mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org 
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
>> OH...my....goodness......not only does it sound inaccessible, but creepy.
>> I
>> cannot even believe people put that much work into designing a toylet....
>>
>> Jamie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sherri" < mailto:flmom2006 at gmail.com flmom2006 at gmail.com
>>
>> To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet Blind-Talk Mailing List"
>> < mailto:BlindTlk at nfbnet.org BlindTlk at nfbnet.org
>>; < mailto:nfbf-l at nfbnet.org nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
>>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:38 AM
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
>>
>>
>> Okay, just another device that's going to be user unfriendly to the 
>> blind.
>>
>> Sherri
>> Subject: Technology?
>>
>> FACILITIES REVIEW. Greetings, Earthlings.
>> Your New Restroom Is Ready.. NY Times Metropolitan Desk2008-01-11
>> By MICHAEL WILSON. When New York City's open-armed embrace
>> of tourists finally extends beyond the boundaries of Earth to creatures
>> from
>> outer
>> space, these visitors will find themselves right at home in Madison 
>> Square
>> Park's
>> sleek, shiny new public toilet.
>> Indeed, the toilet calls to mind not a port-o-let, but rather the sort of
>> room one
>> imagines adjoined the personal quarters of Capt. James T. Kirk on the
>> Starship Enterprise.
>> It is a 25-cent journey to the future -- and, almost secondarily, a not
>> unpleasant
>> restroom.
>> The restroom was unveiled on Thursday, the first of 20 planned for the
>> city
>> after
>> more than 30 years of false starts and frustrations. It faces Madison
>> Avenue
>> just
>> north of 23rd Street, and at first glance looks like a bus stop shelter.
>> There are two architectural flourishes, both on the roof: a small pyramid
>> of
>> glass,
>> like a little model of the Louvre, and an anachronistic metal stovepipe,
>> reminiscent
>> of a cozy shanty or an old outhouse with a crescent moon carved into the
>> door.
>> But no one goes to a bathroom to look at it. When the green light marked
>> 'vacant'
>> is lit, 25 cents -- coins only, no bills -- starts the visit.
>> What follows is possibly the longest and most awkward 20 to 30 seconds of
>> a
>> person's
>> day. The door slips open like an elevator, but then it stays open, to
>> accomm??? odate
>> those who need extra time getting in. Meanwhile, men and women in suits
>> walk
>> past.
>> It is very difficult to look inconspicuous in a bathroom on a sidewalk in
>> New York
>> with the door open. There is just nothing to do but stand there. And the
>> delay will
>> not please those who are in distress.
>> Finally, the door closes, and the first surprise is the quiet. The walls
>> are
>> padded
>> to dampen street noise, leaving just the hum of a little fan overhead.
>> Six little lights and the skylight in the pyramid cast a neutral glow 
>> over
>> the user's
>> home for the next 15 minutes, the maximum time limit.
>> This toilet, which cost more than $100,000, is very spacious, large 
>> enough
>> to accommodate
>> a wheelchair. One cannot touch the side walls with arms outstretched.
>> The floor is rubber and, more strikingly, very wet, but not in a
>> bus-station-men's-room
>> way. There is an antiseptic, fresh smell to the place.
>> Sadly, these little surprises are forgotten with the first look at the
>> toilet itself,
>> an imposing, metal, cold-looking receptacle in the corner. There is no
>> little stall
>> around it, and so it looks exposed, like the facilities available in many
>> prisons.
>> It, too, is quite damp, for perfectly good reasons explained later, but
>> the
>> image
>> first evokes a dungeon or a scene from one of the 'Saw' pictures.
>> There is no seat to raise or lower, just the wide rim of the bowl, with
>> covers made
>> of tissue available in a dispenser to the side. Sitting down is a leap of
>> faith,
>> like falling backwards into a stranger's arms at a corporate 
>> team-building
>> retreat.
>> Turns out, it is cold. But once settled, the visitor finds the seat the
>> perfect place
>> to take in the room's other amenities.
>> There seem to be as many buttons as on Captain Kirk's bridge. Red 
>> buttons,
>> blue buttons,
>> yellow buttons, black and green buttons. The red ones near the door and
>> toilet call
>> the company for help in an emergency. The yellow calls for 'assistance,'
>> presumably
>> something less dire than an emergency, but nonetheless, a situation. Blue
>> flushes.
>> Black dispenses toilet paper. One will quickly familiarize oneself with
>> that
>> button,
>> because the designers have deigned a little 16-inch strip the standard
>> helping of
>> paper. A word to the wise: There is a maximum of just three helpings.
>> Another tip:
>> Do not tarry. A grim yellow light turns on when there are just three
>> minutes
>> remaining,
>> and after that, the door will open.
>> The sink is across the room. The big shocker here is the soap dispenser,
>> which actually
>> emits not a little squirt of soap, but a jet of warm water, with the soap
>> already
>> mixed in. Everything is motion-activated. No knobs anywhere. The warm-air
>> hand dryer
>> seems somewhat slow and weak, especially with that yellow light blinking
>> by
>> the door.
>> Assuming one finishes before the 15 minutes are up, the big green button
>> opens the
>> door. The horns and sirens and chatter of the city return, jarringly.
>> When the visitor steps out, the door shuts again, but the 'occupied' 
>> light
>> stays
>> lit. Strange hisses and spraying sounds come from within -- did someone
>> slip
>> past?
>> No, actually, the room is cleaning itself. A robotic arm swings out over
>> the
>> toilet
>> bowl and hits it with disinfectant, while similar jets spray across the
>> sink
>> and
>> the floor. Then, dryers fan hot air over everything, but like the hand
>> dryer, they
>> seem to need more juice.
>> This is all taken at the designer's word, for it is impossible to see. 
>> The
>> cleanup
>> cannot happen with someone in the room, with sensors below the floor to
>> detect any
>> weight.
>> After 90 seconds of cleaning, the green light outside comes back on. 
>> Next?
>> . PHOTO: Three officials, Janette Sadik-Khan, Adrian Benepe, center, and
>> Daniel L.
>> Doctoroff, consider the city's new toilet. There's no seat to raise, just
>> the bowl's
>> wide rim, with covers of tissues to use. (PHOTOGRAPH BY G. PAUL
>> BURNETT/THE
>> NEW YORK
>> TIMES) .
>> Sherri
>>
>> mailto:sbrun at cfl.rr.com sbrun at cfl.rr.com
>>
>> TO DONATE YOUR USED CELL PHONE AND CHANGE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLIND IN
>> CENTRAL FLORIDA go to:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Whether we succeed or fail in what we do is not the essential thing.
>>
>> What is important is the heart with which we live our lives.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:46:57 -0800
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <tjosephcarter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
> To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> Message-ID: <20080112224657.GC17826 at bluecherry.net>
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>
> It sounds user unfriendly to the sighted too.  *big grin*
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:38:05AM -0500, Sherri wrote:
>> Okay, just another device that's going to be user unfriendly to the 
>> blind.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:53:20 -0800
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <tjosephcarter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
> To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Message-ID: <20080112225320.GD17826 at bluecherry.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> And who determined that four squares of TP are sufficient, and in three
> installments anyway?  *laugh*
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 02:58:32PM -0500, Kirk Harmon wrote:
>> However Mike, the question is, after touching ourselves, do we then touch
>> the buttons or after? LOL!
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
>>
>>
>> > Waaaaait a minute here. Let's curb our indignation for a moment and use
>> > our noodles. What is one of the greatest complaints many (especially
>> > females) have about public restrooms? Lack of cleanliness. So 
>> > everything
>> > is disinfected (whether this really works is, perhaps, another story).
>> > And we don't want people touching anything (except, of course,
>> > ourselves) so there's an incentive to have pushbuttons. And automatic
>> > doors are a consequence of those with mobility impairments asking for
>> > accessibility. Yes, the thing will probably be a pain for us, the 
>> > blind.
>> > And yes, it probably costs more than it ought. But there *is*
>> > rationality behind many of the features.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:55:32 -0800
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <tjosephcarter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
> To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Message-ID: <20080112225532.GE17826 at bluecherry.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> At least it doesn't eject you into the street with your pants down.  Not
> that this would be all that unusual in New York City, by all accounts.
>
> I am having a very hard time taking this thing seriously.
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:57:31PM -0500, Jennifer Aberdeen wrote:
>> What if you're blind and for whatever reason, you take more than fifteen
>> minutes? The door just opens for everyone to see! What idiocy!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:05:08 -0600
> From: Constance Canode <satin-bear at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
> To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20080112180433.021eae78 at sbcglobal.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> That is my question as well.  Better carry some tissues in your
> pocket or purse.  Oh my, this is so ridiculous.
>
> Connie Canode
> At 04:53 PM 1/12/2008, you wrote:
>>And who determined that four squares of TP are sufficient, and in three
>>installments anyway?  *laugh*
>>
>>Joseph
>>
>>On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 02:58:32PM -0500, Kirk Harmon wrote:
>> > However Mike, the question is, after touching ourselves, do we then 
>> > touch
>> > the buttons or after? LOL!
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> > To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:48 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] technological toilet, this is for real!
>> >
>> >
>> > > Waaaaait a minute here. Let's curb our indignation for a moment and 
>> > > use
>> > > our noodles. What is one of the greatest complaints many (especially
>> > > females) have about public restrooms? Lack of cleanliness. So 
>> > > everything
>> > > is disinfected (whether this really works is, perhaps, another 
>> > > story).
>> > > And we don't want people touching anything (except, of course,
>> > > ourselves) so there's an incentive to have pushbuttons. And automatic
>> > > doors are a consequence of those with mobility impairments asking for
>> > > accessibility. Yes, the thing will probably be a pain for us, the 
>> > > blind.
>> > > And yes, it probably costs more than it ought. But there *is*
>> > > rationality behind many of the features.
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