"HeyBub" wrote:

"Seattle has officially washed its hands of the five self-cleaning toilets.
The toilets cost the city $5 million. They sold on eBay Thursday evening for
$12,549."

That's too bad. I've used these type of public facilities in the UK and they
work well when the local users aren't one step removed from primates.

The original design was quite clever, allowing just enough room for one person
and having the door open automatically after 15 minutes if the person didn't
leave sooner. In the US, the ADA mafia got after them, forcing the redesign to a
larger size to accomodate wheelchairs, which led to enough room for prostitution
and anonymous encounters and other antisocial behavior.