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The World's Most-High Tech Urinal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the japan-might-argue-with-that dept.

Mudzy writes "In an effort to handle its nighttime public urination problem, Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is considering installing high-tech urinals that disappear below street level during the day. Then at night, an operator comes by with a remote and the Urilift hydraulically lifts to sidewalk level in about two minutes. Then the unit is ready to serve all the nighttime party animals who don't mind peeing in a very exposed public urinal. The $75,000 system has been installed across the Netherlands, and have spread to London and Belfast, but Victoria will be the first North American city to try them out."

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  1. Why So Complex? by niXcamiC · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here in Guatemala, we just have a spiral shaped wall, with a urinal in the centre. Way cheaper, and you can use it in the day.

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  2. And this is different than the pissoirs in Europe? by the_rajah · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Other than the obvious "high tech" aspect to these pissoirs and having them only available at night which just doesn't make sense to me, since I occasionally have to urinate during daylight hours.

    I've also seen these in North African countries that I've visited like Tunisia and Morocco. I'm guessing the French brought the concept.

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  3. Re:Isn't this the wrong approach? by statusbar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Interesting that it only caters to males, and not females... Is that an insult to males pee habits? or is it sexism against females because it is not inclusive?

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  4. Re:High Tech Urinal? by khedron+the+jester · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually, scratch that. Some enterprising university goers will either find a way to spoof the remote control they use to control its ascent and descent (hilarity ensues), or will remove one from the hole as a souvenir for their dorm.