Bill Gates’ Toilet Challenge

As if reinventing the way we work and communicate wasn’t enough, Microsoft Guru Bill Gates wants brand new toilets, too!  While that may sound silly on the surface, there’s a very real reason why he’s funding this philanthropic project. We may take toilets for granted here, but in countries like India, simple accommodations like clean…

Whither Direction of the Toilet Roll?

Few issues have busted up perfectly good relationships and turned reasonable people into screaming debaters than the great toilet roll debate.  The casual question of “over” or “under” can send a cocktail party into a civil war. There’s probably no real solution to this debate. A team of engineers looked into the science of the…