COMPANY
Kohler
Stories selected from published Kohler patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.
STORIES
Things · Bathrooms
The Toilet Seat as a Measuring Instrument, and Eight Other Patent Ideas
A toilet that personalizes light and sound, sensors that hunt for a urine stream, a urine analyzer built into the seat, camera-based health monitoring, a sealed analytical bowl, weight estimation from the seat, a cleaner that travels around the ring, a folding toilet-table, and a toilet that changes height for the user.
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Things · Smart Home
Beds That Disappear and Homes That Unfold: 10 Housing Patents
Beds that disappear into ceilings, robot kitchens, projected bathroom controls and a house that unfolds outward and upward: ten patents that make the fixed parts of a home surprisingly movable.
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