If it were April 1, I’d be inclined to dismiss this as a practical joke. But it’s not, so I won’t…
“The iLoo being developed by the MSN division of Microsoft Corp. in Britain is a standard portable toilet — a loo to the English — with a wireless keyboard and extending, height-adjustable plasma screen in front of the seat. … The device is expected to be in use at festivals this summer in Britain, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Tuesday. There’s no word on if, or when, the iLoo will make its way across the pond.”
From Yahoo! News – Microsoft Plans Toilets With Web Access
Would you want to touch that keyboard? And how long do you think those pricey plasma screens are going to last given the typical, shall we say, youthful exuberance of the average attendee at a summer music festival?
Ed Bott 