Ft. Lauderdale to buy robotic public toilet

"It speaks kindly to you, it soothes you with music, it cleans up after you.

It's not your mother. It's a restroom.

The automated public toilet that Fort Lauderdale plans to try out at the beach does the job of a whole crew of employees, but doesn't need health insurance. It locks up at night, and opens for your business in the morning.

It knows when you're inside. And if you're not moving, it worries that you might have fallen over dead. So it flings the door open and a siren screams." [Full Article]