Re: [76attendees] RFID and toilets

[Randall Gellens <[e-mail]>]

At 8:09 AM -0800 11/12/09, Ole Jacobsen wrote:

>   Not to brag but: The Toto in my room automatically raises the lid when
>   I enter the room, automatically flushes afterwards and then closes the
>   lid. I don't think it can be programmed to detect gender, but you can
>   probably set it to raise both lid and seat, which currently has to be
>   opened by push of the remote control on the wall.

The Wikipedia entry says "Another recent innovation is intelligent 
sensors that detect someone standing in front of the toilet and 
initiate an automatic raising of the lid (if the person is facing 
away from the toilet) or the lid and seat together (if someone is 
facing the toilet)."

(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan>).

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