Tokyo's Transparent Public Toilets
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Welp, they installed some pretty wild public toilets in a park in Tokyo.
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Could you drop a deuce under these conditions?
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You two definitly boned in there didnt you🤣
Depends
Somebody needs to leave a floater and keep it there without flushing over a weekend. What was the name of the floater at Infinity? I remember it blew up and made a mess all over the place. haha
Definitely not
@@tkdolphin The Black Pearl. -E
Japan never ceases to amaze but i would worry ending up on some Japanese gameshow where they suddenly make it transparent.
😂
Hands down the cleanest public restroom I’ve ever seen! You win, Japan!
To be fair, it literally had opened that day. -E
They made the toilets transparent for two really practical reasons : you can see from anyside if the bathroom is empty, and you can check if it's clean without entering.
Taxi guy maxing out his dominance stat.
That toilet is one of the projects called “The Tokyo Toilet” carry out by Nippon Foundation. The number of people who use public toilets are decreasing these days because these aren’t clean and some people think they are scary. So Nippon Foundation started this project with some artists and big toilet maker TOTO. 17 more toilets like this in different concept will coming out soon in Shibuya,Tokyo.
But now it is much scarier.
@Leopold The same concern everyone has, "what if it doesn't fog up or it stops working?" Plus just drunk people not remembering to lock it and whipping out their junk.
I should've realized earlier this was a PR stunt, there's no way things like this'd be build just because... I just read that it's a collaboration project between shibuya gov & tourism, toto, nippon foundation, and daiwa house industry.
People are pussies nowdays
I love the idea that people, especially women, can be sure nobody is lurking in the bathroom. Also means that if someone was standing outside to grab you you'd see them before you exited and could relock it.
I like that people can be sure
It'll be awkward when there's a power cut mid-crap
Did some research, it's actually only clear where there *is* electricity, it's default state is frosted. ua-cam.com/video/7yFXKHV_MkU/v-deo.html
When power goes out it’s not transparent
actually its electricity which makes transparent.
so in case if a power cut it would be opaque
i never experience of piwer cutt or off here in japan.... been living here for 26 years
@@arandomindian1197 I am 4 months late but... it depends on the LCD technology. Some will retain whatever state they were in before the power was cut. Most of the ones that I know of that are like this are black and white, like a kindle paper-white or calculator type of lcd display. It's also possible that they turn transparent when power is cut, though I cant name any technology that does this off the top of my head. I just know it's possible to arrange the crystals in an LCD such that this would happen. So it is possible, just highly unlikely they chose the type of lcd that would do that.
when power is out, the glass automatically goes to opaque, only with power it becomes transparent.
It's a smart glass tech
0:52 "oh wow, you can see your hands right through"
ah yes, so people will know when you're doing the... "real business"...
I don't get lol
@@esrasweet3428 me too
Smeex. (͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°)
@@dimlyl4126 they fucking bro
Esra Sweet titanic style if u know what I mean 😂
Years ago we had a similar toilet as an art installation. It had a simple one-way mirror instead of that fog function. People couldn't see inside, but you could see everybody outside while doing your business.
That might take me almost as long to get used to as one where I'm certain passersby can see in.
Similar to the windows used at police interrogation rooms in the movies
I work in a glass fabrication company in CA. This is laminated glass, it has three layers, the middle layer is a plastic vinyl with a positive and negative film. When electricity is introduced it frost the vinyl. Very neat and expensive!!
Pretty neat concept honestly the worst part isn’t that it’s transparent to the outside but that you’d be having a stare down with yourself the whole time 🤣
other couple goes into toilet together: XXXX - Kyde & Eric: three hands against the glass! :D
The mirror showing how Eric holds the camera was like more mind-blowing than the bathroom itself, so crazy! It was like seeing a behind the scenes production!
3:05
OH! I didn't notice that the first time! That was pretty cool!
7:15 nah. We just have trees in West Virginia.
Country roaaaaaadss.... Take me homeeee
This is awesome, no more awkward moments where someone tries the door while your in there. If you can't see inside then don't bother, I love it and it seems they have taken into account if the power goes out.
Just as easy, and probably less expensive, to make it all stainless steal and have a simple lighted sign that lights up when it's locked. Maybe the fixtures should have lighted signs that warn if the door is unlocked, in case the occupant forgot to lock it.
@@jasonlisonbee It is also used to stop illegal activities. As they mentioned in the video, it would be weird to see 2 people walk into the bathroom together, right? Drug dealers, creeps, and killers wouldnt want to do anything in a public restroom where people cant see them. (Mostly the last 2, since while waiting for a victim they would be visible to everyone)
Japanese never dissapoint to impressed the world
When an electric current is applied, the liquid crystal molecules line up, the incidental light passes through, and the privacy glass becomes clear. When the power is turned off, the liquid crystals return to their normal scattered positions rendering the glass an opaque translucent.
If there is a power outage it returns to an opaque.
We install this in the states
Hey! Only in Japan. Imagine a power outage while you're doing your business... I reckon this type of loo would be demolished in a day or two where I live... Cheers!
It's made wiyh liquid crystal polymer, so when the power goes off, it returns to its normal state, which is frosted. It's transparent only when the current is on.
I used a public toilet once in California that only gave you 10 minutes to do your business before the door opened, when you left it closed and automatically cleaned itself. The magic glass is just a single color LCD screen that turns on/off. You can get them on home windows for privacy.
This is wild, thx for sharing!
When she pressed her hands against the glass it reminded me of that scene from blade runner 2049 where the main character meets the love interest at the brothel, and the front of the brothel has opaque glass where you can see the... service when they press up against it in the background
Yep. You definitely wouldn't want your child to be playing with the lock while you are sitting down contemplating the world's problems. Could be an embarrassing visit.😃
Now, visit a transparent toilet is on my to do list on my next visit to Japan! 😂
Coincidentallt, these toilets become a check point for tourists and locals. Nice architectural design can attract to people, not only nature calls.🤟
Those restrooms are so cool! Didn’t know this existed. Thanks for sharing this
🤣 1:22 So funny. I think she was looking at you guys especially after Kyde waving.
Japanese toilet technology seems to be unmatched at this point.
Thank you for including the google maps pin!!!!! I can’t wait to check these out!
In Texas, we have bathrooms that you can see everything outside while you’re going, but no one can see in. Two-way mirror situation. Thankfully, even when you put your face against the glass you still can’t see inside. I did make the mistake of using it at night and using my phone flashlight to see. Thank goodness it’s a small and quiet town because my husband told me he could see me when I had the light on 😂😂😂
Typically it is Liquid Crystals like in LCDs and they made walls and windows like this as far back as the mid 90's but they were very expensive. As I understand if it looses power it goes "frosted" and it takes power to go clear.
At least you can look before you go if it is clean!
So neat!! We definitely don’t have anything that cool here in Kentucky
I once found a toilet like this in a fancy Café and was totally fascinated... It's probably more than 15 years ago but I still remember. I always wondered how this works. I live in Germany btw and the Café was in Cologne.
They should use this for pay toilets--times up, we see you.
I'd rather use a pay for credit system. If they use up their credit, they can stay until they're finished. They just can't use one again until they pay off their debt and add enough credit to cover their normal use time.
Does everything has to be about money to u ppl. No wonder u don't have this shit in your country.
I wouldn’t be sat there worried about a malfunction. Not at all.
Only in Japan could public toilets become an attraction 😂
An added benefit of transparent glass walls - you can inspect the cleanliness of the bathroom before you enter.
There are a few with one way mirrors so the person can always see out but no one can see in. You can really freak users out by watching someone go in, then walk past turn and point & wave at them.
It often depends on lighting being brighter outside than inside so the one way mirror would fail at night (with lights on inside). Oops.
So occasionally a Japan Real Estate UA-cam video will pop up in my feed. And Japan Apartments sometimes are WEIRD! Sometimes in a good and interesting way and sometimes not. One of the most recent ones had 2 windows for the bathroom! One was right by the shower and the other was close to the toilet. There were blinds on those windows for privacy, but still. The windows looked out into the hallway that led to the bedroom. And this isn't the first time that I've seen this in a Japanese apartment. It happens a lot! I only saw this privacy glass thing once in a real estate video for a mansion in Beverly Hills. It was in a bathroom shower.
I was freaked out at first but thats some amazing technology
I first saw this glass in a dressing room back in the U.S. and it freaked me out at first because I didn't realize the glass would change once you entered and locked the door so I didn't want to try anything on lol. It's interesting to see it again being used for bathrooms, but it makes a lot of sense as a safety feature.
That's definitely a artwork
All of the us needs theses.
The US could start with just building public toilet stall walls all the way to the floor lol
Trust you two to make public toilets interesting!
That glass is dope...👍
I just think it is awesome that someone looked at a LCD screen from some random gadget and said. "What if i made that into a glass wall that obscures the view?" 😁
Could they use the same technology on elevator shafts in Hawaii to give the impression that the elevators are working when they've not.
😂
Hahhahahahah
I remember one place, but not where it was, there is an elevator they use this for the floor. So you can look into the shaft when going up or down but when people are scared the lift guide can switch it off.
Next gen toilet
No toilets like that here, but I sure would like my windows in my home to be able to do that. Even car windows, when people are stopped in a rest stop and grab some zzzzzzzs, would be cool.
I’ve been in one of these before in Finland a few years ago. Man it feels weird as hell. Also a lounge in the Denver airport has one of these on their shower doors!
Oh neat, it's the first I've seen them. -E
We don't even have private bathrooms like this let alone public ones! Is there anything that Japanese toilet designers don't think of?!
me: *gets scared*
my mom: *Opens the AC*
also me: thought it was the song
yep meh again: i am stupid
6:46 light teal? 🤷♂️
Translucent teal techno toilet try-out test
The first time I saw one of those glass walls was in a tv show called lipstick jungle in the early 2000’s
It's polarized glass. Basically same tech as the digital displays on alarm clocks and other devices.
Electrically switchable smart glass...🤓
Suspended-particle devices use a thin film laminate of rod-like nano-scale particles suspended in a liquid and placed between two pieces of glass or plastic. When no voltage is applied, the suspended particles are randomly organized, thus blocking and absorbing light. When voltage is applied, the suspended particles align and let light pass...
(Closing the door completed the circuit)
Boeing uses a dimming version of this idea on B787 aeroplane windows instead of shades...
What happens if the power goes out?
@@kydeanderic 😳 you pee like the unabashed Taxi driver...? 🤓
The color you was looking for was Cyan or Teal
Neat,toilet tourism!
People who pee in glass toilets shouldn't throw stones....... or forget to lock the door :)
I’ve seen this in several hotel showers which is not cool when you’re sharing a room with family
The glass has a special film (I believe) which an electrical circuit can be passed through, at which point the film becomes translucent. Look up privacy glass. It's becoming popular in high-end apartments where privacy can be assured at the flick of a switch without blinds or curtains spoiling an otherwise sleek look.
These glass walls have been in some office buildings in my ex home city (Sydney, Aus) for a few years now. Mostly for big CEO type offices and meeting rooms :) For a toilet this is funny!
There are similar things like this in NYC! Once went to a hotel rooftop bar that had this sort of thing but you could see the skyline while you were taking care of your business. Funny and interesting video!
haha, wow fancy
That is cool
Oh yeah I saw this in a tv- series. I think it was Chuck, and I thought it was just a fantasy thing and not something for real live.
I have seen them in Raleigh NC USA at a hotel.
Years ago I heard about an ice cream shop in Miami that has this in their bathroom. If you forget to lock the door all the people in the restaurant would see you do your business.
If you have to use one a lot, it would definitely train you to check all of your steps before the most critical.
There was a restaurant in NYC that had this same bathroom stall situation in the late 1990s. Kinda freaky. Had to make sure that the latch made contact for the glass to go opaque. Many a lady though she had privacy but...ja nai. : /
I saw this in a changing room at a trendy clothes store in Manchester years and years ago...they were just plain white though.
In the early 2000s my design studio went to a night club in Manhattan that had restrooms using this material for the stall doors... I didn't trust it!
It works exactly the same way as an LCD (liquid crystal display) on a digital watch, or calculator.
everyone's gangster until the windows malfunction.
"off" is frosted, it goes clear when electricity is introduced. So "broken" isn't clear, haha. -E
You nailed it basically Eric it's a electric current lol
The color of the glass on the left is cyan
From what I understand it's like a LCD screen!!
There was something the same or similar in the late 90’s Same principle. I was always surprised it didn’t catch on
I've seen this technology before. One of my clients had a conference room with windows like this, and that was 20+ years ago.
I would be little worried that also the mirror can do such peculiar things. Perhaps it already does :)
I'm sure you already know this but just in case..."When occupied and locked properly, the tinted glass toilet stalls become frosted and opaque. When the door is unlocked, an electric current realigns the crystals in the glass to allow more light to pass through, creating a transparent effect."
thought this was only used for business meeting rooms or buildings for privacy temporarily, turns out toilets need them too
Creepy yet intriguing...
I think this whole thing was just a subtle Red Fang commercial. :D
As for technology involved, it seems to be around for decades. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_glass
You are now referenced on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_glass#cite_note-10
@@juliustravels Quick Wikipedia editing at its best.
@@juliustravels That was me
Nope.
It is smart glass, when electricity is run threw it it is transparent.
When you lock the door you turn off the electricity to the glass and it turns Opaque.
Looks like folks beat me to the punch in referencing the LCD-esque membrane. Similar tech was used on the Boeing Dreamliner's sunshades and the moonroof on the Maybach 57 & 62, so...is this the Maybach of toilets?
In the museum"Friedländer Gate" Friedländer Tor-exhibition"About the water supply and sewerage systems of Königsberg"-the idea of this exhibition arose because there was no toilet in the Friedland Gate Museum in Kaliningrad for a very long time-in 2009,sponsors from Germany gave money for toilet for the construction of water supply and sewerage networks:Municipality of Bremerhaven-Claus Polansky-Claus Polansky,Clanker-Bremerhaven Private Foundation-civilization begins with sewage-there were toilets in the castles of the Teutonic Order.closed line.
In 1888,the first sewage pumping station was built near the East railway station.There are many stormwater, sewer wells-collectors built more than 100 years ago in the underground Koenigsberg.East Prussia,the most powerful city-fortress,was turned into a miserable,degrading Kaliningrad with one tram route No.5.In the resort town of ANAPA on the Black Sea,all public toilets are paid of old Soviet-built floor-standing ones-there is no toilet bowl.At the bus station,the toilet is paid & smelly.At the same time,the city authorities have millions of profits from millions of tourists during summer season.Administration nothing done at all for people.
At the Shard in London the windows are clear and they remain that way ! Sit there and watch London go by
I just love Japan 🗾. They are definitely from another planet. ☺😘
Electrochromic glass will turn opaque when an electrical current goes through it
Technically the toilet bowl is a sink. If it's purpose is to drain or drain through, it's a sink. Think of a heat sink. I'd have to study and think for awhile though to determine which is the wash basin. I don't want to use the bidet, or anything used as one, for my hands or face.
Don't poop on your computer's heat sink.
@@kydeanderic Lol. As a natural source of heat, while composting anaerobically, I doubt it would help.
What if you have an electromagnetic pulse and put it up to the glass? Will it allow the glass to be transparent?
I think it's a good use of liquid crystal polymer sandwiched between glass.
I wonder what the energy and water consumption is per year for those kinds of public toilets.
need to get some polarized glasses to see if this is LCD. if so you should be able to see inside with the glasses..
That’s cool wish the Uk had toilets like that haha
They are large lcd displays.
May I share this? This is so amazing!
Sure, feel free to link people to our video. Please don't download the video and post it other places however. -E
Can someone tell me what type of glass they used for this?
Space x office also has those
You do have fun there 😂♥️♥️