I agree with the P.S. part... was kind of hoping as I got to the bottom you'd have a biz plan or some such thing.

Uh... I am speechless for once.

I was unfortunately "potty trained" in the west. I travel extensively in countries where facilities such as you describe are the norm. I avoid them like the plague.

I honestly feel that in order to market this to western clients, you may require more add-ons than you already propose ?

For example, may I suggest a harness with remote controlled pulleys.
This would greatly reduce the fear of toppling over.

Quote:
"The new bathroom is cylindrical in shape and made to look like a wooded area or forest right along with acompanying sounds. "

Good luck.

sounds interesting.

I thought of this idea when I began to feel that my lower intestinal tract wasn't being cleaned out enough after sitting down to go to the bathroom for so many years...and sometimes having to push too hard because if I didn't push enough there'd still be some left in there.

Maybe you should eat different

Tommy

speechless!!!!

The fixtures you want are already available for people who want them, but you have extremely high marketing and cultural barriers. Do you really think you could base a business around selling niche fixtures? Would your plan be better posed as an education effort rather than a business?

Hey...:)an educational instalation to go along with an essay on the thing...

Darren

Could be a better starting point
:)

not good for the elderly and Differently abled... better campaign for Water n Soap usage instead of toilet paper.

my .2cents!

I dunno but my mom always told me never, ever touch the seat for any reason...hover while you pee.

Also, if anyone who has ever studied Kung Fu knows that Horse Stance has many uses....this is one of the non traditional ones.

I've been to some countries where hovering...well lets put it delicately..you really have no choice...as there is not much to sit down on anyways... I think this may be more hygenic...but problematic for the disabled hoverer...

Takes potty training to a whole different level...

For disabled or wheel chair enabled individuals I see the previously mentioned harness idea coming into play in some way. Incidentally I just ran across an article in this mornings paper about a robotics convention in Japan which had a front page picture of a robotic harness that helps the disabled walk and jump (sorta like the bionic man).

I figure a strap harness from above that works on pully system like the suits stunt men wear when doing what the matrix effects crews coined as "wire-fu".

Once I can settle down a bit I want to hammer out some designs and present them in a group forum and start soliciting jobs on this site to submit designs.

Pool talents together and form a branch organization linked to cambrianhouse, which would all be contractually binding (in a good way:) )for the founders or whomever jumps on-board to submit an idea. I guess thats how it would work.

Here's a catch though...an irrational one at that...

Money can't be an issue.

Peace
:)
Darren

I'm working on the art project version of this right now...but would really enjoy the idea of making it a collaboration and group effort to really make some headway with it... including a tremendous amount of educational material pro and con on the subject of completely altering the world consciousness regarding modern day toilet training.

Darren

I would also like to become a more active participant in this websites content and start voting on other projects but right now I don't have that much time to spend in front of a computer and casually paruse and enjoy as much as I'd like to sometimes...

So I'm rather constantly on the go interacting in the 3D world and talking to people face to face all day and improving those interpersonal relationships...

However in the near future I'll probably be able to take a break from that and get online more often...

In other words my time online is incredibly structured and focused to specific things or research data...

Peace
:)
Darren

But can it make you happy?

http://www.cleanishappy.com/

Biggest marketing effort for a toilet seat ever (heavy on Flash).

why do people always come up with new ways to shit... Have you ever seen American Inventor? every other idea is about the toilet.

This reminded me of my brother talking about when he lived in the Philipines and many of the locals he was with would squat while standing on the front edge of the toilet seat when going to the bathroom. I guess they had a few accidents where people hurt themselves and so they had signs made with people squating on top of the toilet seat and a circle with a line through it. Completely hilarious to see.

I'm not convinced yet that western style toilets are actually unhealthy because of the position that it puts the user into.

I am fairly sure that germs are a big health problem in all toilets areas. Adding more surfaces, more things to touch, more cracks and more things to clean or to not get cleaned, would make the germ problem worse.

Could you point to some research indicating why this traditional toilet is healthier?

You should visit India and Japan if you want to get some good ideas on how to design toilets.

India has the nicest toilets I have ever used! This is kind of weird, but it's so refreshing.

Actually, I was talking about India's European style toilets they added a "water-jet" to no the hole in the floor.

wire fu???? wow!!!