Water of the future?

[Rockefella]

Was flipping through I-am-bored when I saw this, found it to be completely and utterly awesome!

Originally Posted by inhabitat

Germany's Hansa has come out with these futuristic bathroom fixtures. The metal spigot has the top portion removed, creating a visible canyon for your water to run through. As if these rectangular minimalist fixtures weren't beautiful enough, they also feature temperature sensitive LEDs lining the walls of the canyon, which illuminate the water in different colors depending on the temperature of the water (red=hot, pink=warm, blue=cold). Not that anyone really needs colored light help to discern the temperature of running water — but it is a cool feature none-the-less. Who knows, maybe it could help prevent those nasty surprises you sometimes get when washing your hands or stepping into the bath a little too quickly.

[Egg Nog]

Man is that ever awesome.

[my porsche]

do you have a link? preferably with contact info? my dad might be interested in this for one of his houses

[Egg Nog]

http://www.hansa.de/com/index.html

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by my porsche

do you have a link? preferably with contact info? my dad might be interested in this for one of his houses

[ http://www.hansa.de/de/index.html ] I'm not sure if it's for sale, but have a look. For all I know they may be.

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by Egg Nog

http://www.hansa.de/com/index.html

It's too bad my link is in English n00bcakes.

[henk4]

I think people should better start worrying about a global shortage of fresh water rather than coming up with "interesting" solutions for a bath room

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by henk4

I think people should better start worrying about a global shortage of fresh water rather than coming up with "interesting" solutions for a bath room

I think with advances in technology we'll find ways to recycle the water we use in our homes to levels cleaner than the water coming out of our faucets now.

[blackcat77]

It would take forever to fill your sink with that. Or even to wash your hands properly. I'll take my old fashioned faucet with water pressure, thank you.

[henk4]

Originally Posted by Rockefella

I think with advances in technology we'll find ways to recycle the water we use in our homes to levels cleaner than the water coming out of our faucets now.

yes but you may have grasped that it is not unlikely that major conflicts in some parts of the world may emerge just because of the lack of fresh water, in particular in areas where we least want them such as the middle east and Central Asia

[drakkie]

Originally Posted by henk4

yes but you may have grasped that it is not unlikely that major conflicts in some parts of the world may emerge just because of the lack of fresh water, in particular in areas where we least want them such as the middle east and Central Asia

unfortunately, a very true thing I hope we can do something to prevent this, but it would be quite hard.

[Egg Nog]

Originally Posted by Rockefella

It's too bad my link is in English n00bcakes.

Haha, not any more. Okay, no more abusing my power

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by Egg Nog

Haha, not any more. Okay, no more abusing my power

You evil POS.

[fpv_gtho]

Originally Posted by henk4

yes but you may have grasped that it is not unlikely that major conflicts in some parts of the world may emerge just because of the lack of fresh water, in particular in areas where we least want them such as the middle east and Central Asia

The solutions simple, desalination. IIRC, many Middle Eastern countries already use it. Sydney's trying to get a $2B desalination plant finalised as we're almost under 40% of our stored water supply, some places are around 10%

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by Rockefella

I think with advances in technology we'll find ways to recycle the water we use in our homes to levels cleaner than the water coming out of our faucets now.

yeah but before that California will likely have stolen all your water by then