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The Type-A, High-Tech Bathroom

Posted by Zonk on from the he's-in-a-meeting dept.

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Hard-driving homeowners have converted their loos into virtual satellite workspaces, with retractable desks or waterproof touch-screen monitors, the Wall Street Journal reports. Among the features: showerproof computers and mirrors with stock quotes. But beware the accidental 'BlackBerry dunk' in the toilet or sink. 'Audio One says about all of the 30 home-automation systems it's installed near its Miami head office in the past year--prices can reach $200,000--have featured TVs in the bathroom. "It's become a given," says company engineer David Sussman. "There's not much sanctity left." '"

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  1. I see you legally? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    People are starting to use web cams for video calls. Now they may be calling from the bathroom. How long until it becomes legal to use cameras in public restrooms?

  2. firefox compatibility by B_un1t · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I checked out that site...The table on the page didn't format well at all with firefox. The wall street journal site can't format to accomodate IE AND FF? I wouldn't want to be surfing the net on the crapper and run into a site that I couldn't read with Firefox. By the time I surf back to the same site with crappy IE (pardon the pun), I would be finished and ready to go back to a laptop/desktop where I was supposed to be.