Sensing the trickle
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006A news report [you must be a subscriber of C&EN to read it, though] in the September 19, 2005 issue of Chemical & Engineering news says that:
The Swiss government has installed singing urinals in Switzerland’s public lavatories to help diagnose prostate problems. The urinals are powered by sensors that can tell if the stream of urine is satisfactorily strong. If so, the urinal starts to sing the European football cheer “Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole.” If not, a recorded message advises the user to go see a doctor.
(Thanks to Jeff Dougan for bringing this to our attention.)







