Toilet gaming technology targets urinal boredom mp4

Hey guys (men),

What do you do when you urinate?

Stare blankly at the wall tiles? Look at the ceiling? Or maybe whistling? All this is going to take an end. There is a new game technology coming in the men's toilets. You can now play athe same time you urinate. It is called a urinal mounted, urine-controlled games console for men.

How does it work?

Just above the normal oval ceramic urinal bowl, there is a screen (iPad size) with a whole new world of entertainment. "You don't have to touch it, the urine is detected by infrared device. It detects where the urine is falling. Thus a basic "joystick" is set up. The user is presented with three generous targets to aim for in the urinal: stickers in the unit that read "Start", "Left" and "Right".

What king of games?

For the moment you can play a skiing challenge, and a multiple choice pub quiz.

Score sharing

Once you have finished your business, you can use your mobile phones to post your scores to Twitter and a live leader board.

Statistics

According to Trade paper Adweek, on average men spend 55 seconds while they relieve themselves - nine months over the course of their lifetimes. In the UK this means a billion minutes a year. This means that this devices will be used for advertising as well.

How about Women?

Because of "good anatomical reasons" women can't use the original device. However, such units will be installed in ladies' toilets, to address the issue of long waiting times.

Personally I think it is a good idea but there is one thing which worries me a bit. If I like the game and want to continue to play how shall I do after I finished my business? The answer could be to drink some more beer and come back again quickly. You see this device is really a marketing solution. You like the game, you buy some more beer. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15923438