Timed Morning Bowel Movements
Timed Morning Bowel Movements
designed by Kai-ning Huang & Yu-Yang Chen
this is also another kill 2-birds-with-1-stone product i came across today. what does it do? you basically put water into the cup of water. underneath that cup of water there will be a clock which you can set it to your preferred timing to wake up to. beneath that clock lies a thermal heater which heats up your glass of water 20 mins before your alarm rings. it will continue heating until you pick up the glass of water and drink it.
my concerns:
1) what if the user does not wake up/ or is not at home, and the water will continue to boil until the water is dried up? wouldn’t that be a hazardous item already? the entire product might just explode?
2) water too hot, makes the glass cup hot enough to scald the user? (change material of cup?)
3) can ANY material of cup be placed on it? OR ANY ITEM? (maybe a product identification kinda thing to ‘verify’ that the cup is the correct one to be used for the device?)
4) the button to turn off alarm is quite troublesome as we have to take away the cup and turn the device upside down to off it. would it be better if it was located at the sides?
however, the thing i like about this that you get to enjoy warm water right after you wake up, even better on a cold rainy morning, which can warm you up and get ready for the day ahead. and also helping your bowel movements ain’t a bad thing as well! 
(miracle to constant constipaters)
http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/07/15/timed-morning-bowel-movements/
