BBC:
A few years ago, Nathalie Des Isnards was attending a music festival with her husband David, and planning to watch her favourite group.
Before the show, they headed to the toilets. "I spent 30 minutes in the queue waiting to pee," she recalls. Much to her frustration, she missed the first part of the concert.
Meanwhile David took just "two minutes", and saw the whole show.
"I was upset. I told myself, 'We're in the 21st century, something should be done about that.'"
She set about creating a women's urinal. The simple seatless basin she devised is housed in a cubicle with roof and door, designed for faster use but also privacy. "I was not a designer. I was a user first," says the 46-year-old.
A different but important engineering challenge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 13 2020, @07:15AM (2 children)
Height is an issue there. Males stand at urinals and aim.
Perhaps we need to genetically modify females to allow more aim and control.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday March 13 2020, @06:11PM
Increase the pressure.
Older males gradually lose pressure. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) one of those prescription drugs that make it stand at attention also fix the dribbling. If you're reading this and think it won't happen to you someday. Realize this. Someday will come faster than you can possibly imagine.
Is there a reason females have less pressure? Or is lack of aiming control or an aiming device?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday March 14 2020, @04:40AM
Perhaps we have to genetically modify females so it doesn't take thirty of them at once to go for a pee.
Seriously, what is it with group toilet visits?