(CBS/AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio - Apparently one man's toilet flusher is another man's treasure. Automatic toilet flushers have been disappearing from bathrooms at restaurants and other businesses in central ...

It’s a common scene: You’re hovering above the toilet in some airport or rest stop, when, mid-stream, the toilet beneath you starts flushing. By the time you’ve finished relieving yourself, the ...

Designed to keep patrons from having to touch handles in public restrooms, automatic toilets have created another problem — many young children are afraid to use them. Karen Deerwester, author of The ...

A three-year-old starts having accidents at home after a bad experience with an automatic flush toilet at a local restaurant. Here's a topic that many moms out there have had to deal with. Even The ...

So you’ve successfully taught your cats to use your toilet, just like little furry humans. Congratulations! But you can’t quite teach the cat to pull the flush lever? You might want to automate it for ...

In theory, toilets that flush automatically are the ideal bathroom update. They're more sanitary, have no handles to break, are more handicap friendly, don't waste water, and best of all, there's no ...

Being at CES all week, I've been surrounded by sensor based everything in the bathroom, sensors on the toilets, urinals, sinks, soap, hand dryers, paper towels, everything, and its become kind of nice ...

Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for Slate’s free daily podcast on iTunes. After a stint of telecommuting, I recently returned to working in a large downtown building. My ...