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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by timr on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:25AM (#13434616)
I see one like this in nearly every Tully's and Starbucks in Kyoto. They don't have as many bottom-washing options, though.

Still waiting for someone to explain the difference between "bidet" and "behind"...neither one seems to function in the advertised manner.

Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by mikekchar on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:30AM (#13434639)
Behind is for anyone's rear end. Bidet is for women. Not sure I want to explain more fully ;-)

It.... takes some experience... But definitely worth it in my experience :-)

Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by timr on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:40AM (#13434701)
Yeah, I figured that's the theory, but in practice I've found no consistent aiming for either function. Also, most washlets with both also have an independent forward/backward function.

Besides all that, is there some targeting system going on down there? Machine vision? Lidar?

Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by mikekchar on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:23AM (#13434906)
None that I know of. A combination of adjusting yourself and using the forward back buttons usually works. There are also some with pulsating streams for extra scrubbing power.
Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by TeMPOraL on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:08AM (#13434832)
> Machine vision?

God please no. Don't give people ideas, lest we want to have a cloud-connected startup doing just that...

Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by kalleboo on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:50AM (#13435043)
Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by Nullabillity on Thursday January 19, 2017 @03:44PM (#13439295)
There's also that Adult Swim infomercial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ
Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by dqv on Thursday January 19, 2017 @02:10PM (#13438570)
It's going to happen sooner or later. I'm pretty sure the $8000 models employ some kind of computer vision to adjust the sprayer to the correct "human output interface".

A cloud toilet that examines your feces and urine probably isn't far off (and is probably already in the works).

Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by TeMPOraL on Thursday January 19, 2017 @02:48PM (#13438885)
So I guess that beyond Cloud-to-Butt, we'll have a Butt-to-Cloud extension...
Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by Mtinie on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:21AM (#13434898)
The rise of self-aware bidets will end poorly...
Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by rangibaby on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:42AM (#13434999)
Just wiggle your behind around until you get the right spot