url URL date not supplied japanese toilet technology has developed creeping featuritis new tokyo toities sport speech recognition air conditioning and body chemistry monitors japan s toilet wars started in february when matsushita engineers here unveiled a toilet seat equipped with electrodes that send a mild electric charge through the user s buttocks yielding a digital measurement of body fat ratio unimpressed engineers from a rival company inax counterattacked in april with a toilet that glows in the dark and whirs up its lid after an infrared sensor detects a human being when in use the toilet plays any of six soundtracks including chirping birds rushing water tinkling wind chimes or the strumming of a traditional japanese harp link NUMBER discuss NUMBER _thanks may NUMBER _ NUMBER URL NUMBER URL NUMBER URL 