Nano-crapper

This is pretty cool... a throne with a nanoparticle coating that makes it much more resistant to bacterial and "particle" attachment due to a smother, more coherent surface.

However, perhaps the most interesting part of the article was on the luxury toilets in Japan:

Over time, the Japanese toilet manufacturers put a lot of emphasis on luxury and hygiene. First came the heated toilet seats. Trust me, if you've never warmed your buns on a toasty toilet seat first thing on a chilly morning, you don't know what you're missing. Pure bliss. Almost enough to make you want to skip the snooze button and get up.

Next came the Japanese bidet toilet seats. Toto, the world's largest single-brand toilet manufacturer, describes its high tech Washlet as "The bathroom accessory that turns your bathroom into an oasis of serenity and comfort." Think automated car wash for your bottom. Using heated water sprays, these things are programmed to clean (and massage) you from front to rear. Some bidet seats have water temperature and pressure adjustments, a wireless remote control, built-in hot air dryer, and even an automatic air purifier. Moreover, fully integrated versions can be built into toilets like Toto's ultra high-end Neorest with seats that automatically open and close on approach or exit, a catalytic air deodorizer, cyclone flush system and auto-sensing light flush
mode.

What is up with the Japanese and ass?!? They are having all sorts of problems with camera phones because people are taking "upskirts" and toilet photos of woman on the sly, Japanese schoolgirls make bank selling their used underwear to guys on their way home from school, and now this...