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Since number 1 is a catheter, I want to repeat a long time complaint. Why can't technology help urinals stay clean? There are puddles in literally every male ba

Since number 1 is a catheter, I want to repeat a long time complaint. Why can't technology help urinals stay clean? There are puddles in literally every male bathroom. Some one please solve this. Edit: At my age, the last sputters go in every which way. So missing is unavoidable and we need some kind of self cleaning floor.

danieltillett 11y ago
It is a user error not a technology problem :) If you did want a technology solution I would suggest electrifying a zone area around the urinal - 5000V should get even the most haphazard user on the straight and narrow.
- ant6n 11y ago
  Except the stream is not continuous, as the the liquid speeds up it tends to separate into droplets.
  - danieltillett 11y ago
    I suggest you try urinating on an electric fence - I have seen it done and the result is both horrifying and very amusing.
    - ant6n 11y ago
      An electric fence is much closer than the floor, the stream may not have broken yet. It does depend on the distance -- for example you could pee from a subway platform onto the third rail and live to tell the story.
      - simonebrunozzi 11y ago
        I have a better solution: just don't drink. Ever.
    - spdustin 11y ago
      Stimpy, don't whiz on the electric fence!
  - beambot 11y ago
    At 5kV, you're likely to get air dielectric breakdown between droplets (roughly 3MV/m dielectric breakdown over a few mm)
DonHopkins 11y ago
At least they didn't bury the lede. People just need a reason to aim, not more technology. [1] [1] http://images.dailykos.com/images/214735/story_image/Trump_Urinals.jpg?1456379460 http://images.dailykos.com/images/214735/story_image/Trump_U...
elevensies 11y ago
There is a full length urinal, I don't know why they aren't more widely used.
- debacle 11y ago
  Cost.
hkmurakami 11y ago
The urinals I see in Japan that go all the way down to the floor do a pretty excellent job at containing those puddles.
prawn 11y ago
Wet-mopping Roomba-type robots cleaning floors when there's no one in the room?

danieltillett 11y ago

It is a user error not a technology problem :) If you did want a technology solution I would suggest electrifying a zone area around the urinal - 5000V should get even the most haphazard user on the straight and narrow.

ant6n 11y ago
Except the stream is not continuous, as the the liquid speeds up it tends to separate into droplets.
- danieltillett 11y ago
  I suggest you try urinating on an electric fence - I have seen it done and the result is both horrifying and very amusing.
  - ant6n 11y ago
    An electric fence is much closer than the floor, the stream may not have broken yet. It does depend on the distance -- for example you could pee from a subway platform onto the third rail and live to tell the story.
    - simonebrunozzi 11y ago
      I have a better solution: just don't drink. Ever.
  - spdustin 11y ago
    Stimpy, don't whiz on the electric fence!
- beambot 11y ago
  At 5kV, you're likely to get air dielectric breakdown between droplets (roughly 3MV/m dielectric breakdown over a few mm)

DonHopkins 11y ago

At least they didn't bury the lede. People just need a reason to aim, not more technology. [1] [1] http://images.dailykos.com/images/214735/story_image/Trump_Urinals.jpg?1456379460 http://images.dailykos.com/images/214735/story_image/Trump_U...

elevensies 11y ago

There is a full length urinal, I don't know why they aren't more widely used.

debacle 11y ago
Cost.

hkmurakami 11y ago

The urinals I see in Japan that go all the way down to the floor do a pretty excellent job at containing those puddles.

prawn 11y ago

Wet-mopping Roomba-type robots cleaning floors when there's no one in the room?