Three-dimensional renderings of urinals. From left to right: Duchamp’s “La Fontaine,” a contemporary commercial model, Cornucopia, and Nautilus. A urinal designed to avoid urine splashback on the user ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Urinals aren’t a new concept. In fact, some of the earliest known ...

Restroom visitors can expect cleaner knees and tidier floors, if they happen to use a new urinal inspired by curves in nature. The key to making a splashless urinal is ensuring that a person’s pee ...

New supposedly eco-friendly urinals in Paris have (literally!) pissed off locals, due to their rather public nature. Installed on the Île Saint-Louis sitting on the Seine river, the uritrottoir (the ...

PARIS-- In the heart of Paris, a radical experiment in urine management is taking place: new eco-friendly urinals which are prompting titters from some and furious complaints from others. In a city ...

Paris officials are setting up eco-friendly, open-air urinals around the city to combat public urination — and fertilize plants Officials in Paris are setting up open-air (completely unhidden) urinals ...

An attempt by officials in Paris to tackle public urination by installing open-air urinals, or “uritrottoirs,” has outraged some residents of the French capital. The new urinals, housed in flower ...

Visitors to Paris may have noticed a new addition to the city’s well-known landscape—bright red eco-urinals, which now sit alongside the Seine near Notre Dame cathedral and other spots around the city ...