I’m on team Foot pedals.
Comment on This automatic faucet that need the hands to be between the wall and the water to turn on.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I fucking hate motion-sensing faucets so much. We can edit the human genome, but are unable to make a motion sensor that actually fucking works?! Fuck outta here.
I actually prefer the old-school “push-down and have limited time” type at this point.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Why not both? Automatically sense when to start your limited time.
Korne127@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Isn’t that how every automatically sensing faucet works?
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I think typically they only turn on when they actively detect something near the sensor. Once they no longer detect the object, they shut off.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 5 months ago
I don’t think so.
If they only relied on the sensor it would constantly turn on and off which is something I have never seen on that kind of faucets. I think there is always a delay before shutting down but sometimes that delay is set so low that it feels like you need to constantly activate the sensor.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s how this one works. If I stop rubbing my hands the water stops. It detects motion, not proximity.
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
You have correctly identified that it’s not a lack of technological advancement that is holding our society back.
Now go solve social sciences, economics, psychology, and neuroscience. Come back and we’ll talk about how to design a world where nobody happens to install a motion sensor with a wrong range.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
no u
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 months ago
I’ve actually encountered a properly designed one once in my life. The sensor was in the faucet spout instead of in the base.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I just want a foot pedal to press. Public toilets should also have those just for hygienic reasons.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I really miss these hand washing stations we had in elementary school.
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variants@possumpat.io 5 months ago
Wait that’s a pee station at the concert venue
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 5 months ago
Let’s just hope it’s not both.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
You guessed it
Here is a metal
meowMix2525@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Bonus points for eye contact
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Holy shit that memory just hit me like a sack of bricks
Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
These were in several of the trades buildings in my post secondary. often stocked with fast orange and sunlight industrial.
dingus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m not sure if this is ADA compliant. It might be the reason why we don’t see these very often. I had one of these at work though.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can only see wheelchairs being an issue, but you need special toilets and sinks for that anyway. Any foot pedal should be able to be activated with a crutch or prosthetic.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
ADA compliancy is such a BS hurdle sometimes.
“Hey we made this improvement that will help 99.99% of all people!”
“What about the remaining 0.01%?”
“Well, no, unfortunately it won’t work for those edge cases”
“Ewww… Well it’s not allowed then. If a blind man in a wheelchair with a service dog can’t use it, then no one can!”