Olde Hornet
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Kohler's Numi toilet comes with a heated seat, music, a lid that automatically raises and lowers, a remote control and more.
Much has been written about the so-called war for the living room, that grand contest among tech, cable and media companies to dominate our leisure time through the television shows we watch and the music we listen to.
But alongside that campaign is a side battle: the war for the bathroom. Many technological advances in that tiled arena have happened in commercial restrooms — hands-free faucets and toilets and cyclonic hand dryers — but the battle is now coming to the American home.
Earlier this year, the latest salvo was fired by the venerable bath fixtures manufacturer Kohler. It produced a new toilet, the Numi. The Numi features a touch-screen remote control. The Numi washes and dries its user. The Numi costs $6,400 or 81 times the price of the basic throne at Home Depot.
Kohler's Numi toilet comes with a heated seat, music, a lid that automatically raises and lowers, a remote control and more.
Much has been written about the so-called war for the living room, that grand contest among tech, cable and media companies to dominate our leisure time through the television shows we watch and the music we listen to.
But alongside that campaign is a side battle: the war for the bathroom. Many technological advances in that tiled arena have happened in commercial restrooms — hands-free faucets and toilets and cyclonic hand dryers — but the battle is now coming to the American home.
Earlier this year, the latest salvo was fired by the venerable bath fixtures manufacturer Kohler. It produced a new toilet, the Numi. The Numi features a touch-screen remote control. The Numi washes and dries its user. The Numi costs $6,400 or 81 times the price of the basic throne at Home Depot.