Many people were surprised to see the self-cleaning public toilet. An individual wrote ... Like, a light misting cleanser and then flush the whole room." A second said, "We need these everywhere.

In the absence of dramatically new features, it may seem like toilets these days are the same as ever. But manufacturers are always finding ways to make toilets that flush better, use less water, and ...

Water bill 'too expensive' to flush toilet Public toilets 'absolute ... sludge- and bacteria-repellent coating that can essentially make a toilet self-cleaning," Tak-Sing Wong, associate professor ...

In 1775, Cumming patented the S-bend. This became the missing ingredient to create the flushing toilet - and, with it, public sanitation as we know it. Flushing toilets had previously foundered on ...

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States have confirmed what the germphobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like ...