We live in a time of rapid
technological invention.
We consider ourselves an
advanced culture, I mean we
can map the fucking human genome. And we have the
Internet, and
Velcro, and
Buckyballs.
And yet, more than once a day every one of us uses this random bit of
aging victorian technology.
The
Toilet is basically the same as it was in 1850. There have been small improvements, water pressure,
heated seats,
bidet-with-blow-dry, built-in
nature sounds and
lotion impregnated toilet paper. But these are all peripheral, why has there been no apparent research in new ways of handling
bodly wastes. There must be a better way. You'd think that something so frequently used would have been improved upon dramaticaly in the last century and a half.