Japanese toilet manufacturer TOTO has created a fully-automated self-cleaning smart toilet.
The high-tech ‘intelligent’ lavatory opens its lid when it sees you coming, closes when you leave, and cleans itself after every flush.
And no need to fear the cold mechanical touch of technology against your derriere, as it will even warm the seat for you.
Toto is keen to show how its “intelligent” washlet system can be good for the environment and improve people’s experience in the bathroom.
It also eliminates the need for toilet paper.
“It scans and delivers warm aerated water” to the user, she said. “It washes and then dries you. We can be clean without paper products.”
After usage, the toilet cleans and sanitizes itself with electrolyzed water. And because of its coating of titanium dioxide and zirconium, nothing sticks to the bowl.
That means it can go for a year without cleaning, avoiding the use of environmentally harmful chemicals, Toto says.
None of this is new to many Japanese or visitors to the country—Campos said about 70 percent of Japanese homes use this kind of washlet system, but that the idea is gaining ground in other countries.
This new model is being introduced in Europe this year with plans for the US market in 2017.
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