Kohler's smart toilet promises a 'fully-immersive experience'

[douglas9]

CES has barely begun, but 146-year-old plumbing company Kohler has already stolen the show with what will undoubtedly be 2019’s hottest gadget: an “intelligent toilet” with built-in surround sound speakers, ambient mood lighting, and Amazon Alexa voice controls.

Truly, we live in an age of wonders.

Kohler’s Numi 2.0 Intelligent Toilet is one of those strange products that draws so heavily on buzzwords and tech trends that it’s indistinguishable from parody. In a press release, Kohler promises that customers will enjoy a “fully-immersive experience” thanks to the many “lighting and audio enhancements” of the Numi 2.0 Intelligent Toilet. They’ll be able to set the mood, using voice commands to cue up music and customize the lighting, all while Kohler’s PureWarmth toilet seat add-on toasts their behind to their preferred temperature.

The only blessing is that Kohler isn’t advertising the product as “artificially intelligent” or “AI-powered” — the empty epithets usually given to gadgets with tacked-on voice controls.


https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/6/18170575/kohler-konnect-bathroom-smart-gadgets-numi-intelligent-toilet-ces-2019

[Kali]

1. I would think the biggest draw-back to these delux fancy toilets

would be having to use any other toilet out in the world...

[htuttle]

2. Good lord, why would I want to be immersed in my toilet?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. My question also.

I use the toilet for certain business. No need for anything else.

[ret5hd]

3. A toilet with a "fully-immersive experience"??? They should call it "The Trump"

[Ohiya]

4. I for one...

Don't want to be immersed!

[Solly Mack]

5. I'm not looking to be baptized by a toilet.

Thanks, though.

[Historic NY]

6. Not self wiping...

[Arkansas Granny]

7. How much time would one have spend in the toilet to benefit from all those add ons?

[LunaSea]

8. This future is weird

https://i.imgur.com/X8WoDMC.mp4

[MiniMe]

9. Ouch!!

[flying rabbit]

16. !

[Harker]

10. They're doubtless flushed with pride. n/t

[Trailrider1951]

12. Ha! Show me one that cleans itself,

and I'll be happy! But that heated toilet seat caught my attention.....

[Blue Owl]

13. Well that there's one fancy terlit

n/t

[keithbvadu2]

14. Add the bidet feature.

[jmowreader]

15. There have been plenty of toilets that provided that kind of experience...

In high school we called that "experience" a swirly, and woe to anyone who received one.

[Iggo]

17. I never want to hear the words "fully-immersive" and "toilet" in the same sentence.

[Archae]

18. I literally live in eyeshot of Kohler company...

Seriously, I look out through the backyard and can see Kohler.

Suffice to say, I'm laughing my ass off.