Hasta La Ideas

I’m used to seeing disgusting bathrooms in two locations: Train stations and apartments comprised of twenty-something roommates. Something about riding the rails makes people lose all sense of human decency in a bathroom setting, and when there are roommates about, newly-graduated tenants feel certain that it is the others’ responsibility to scrub the loo.

Here’s some possible help: iRobot has recently released the Scooba 230, a floor-mopping robot designed for bathrooms. They’ve been making the Scooba model for about five years, but its large diameter—about the size of a 33 r.p.m. LP—makes it impossible to fit in the narrow spaces around the toilet (at least in city apartments). The 230 is smaller, closer to the size of a 45.

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