Article 14331 of alt.tasteless:
From: weberm@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
Newsgroups: alt.tasteless,soc.culture.japan
Subject: Nipponese supertoilets
Date: 13 Sep 1998 01:43:20 GMT
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From The Economist of 29 Aug 1998-

Toto produces some of the pleasantest and, for foreigners, most 
perplexing toilets in the world.
  Who could resist the firm's "Washlet", with inbuilt bidets (for 
both men and women), dryers and heated seats?  The most sophisticated 
model- and at $3,020 the most expensive- has remote control that opens 
the lid before you get to the toilet, massages your bottom, kills the 
nasty smells and germs, and heats the smallest room.  ... With only 1% 
of its sales abroad, Toto is desperate for the next killer product.
  It thinks it has found one.  How about a lavatory that does all of 
these things and geive you a medical checkup at the same time?  Early 
next year Toto will launch a toilet, targeted at Japan's 6million 
diabetics, that analyses a person's urine and displays on a screen 
the amount of sugar in the blood.  ...  Next on the agenda ... are 
toilets that can analyse the amount of protein and blood in the urine 
and even check the condition of the liver. The ultimate dream is a 
toilet that checks for cancer.


This company will also need computer repairmen to service its products.
Anyone interested?




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