Slow news day - urinal splashback

[mikester]

Our best and brightest minds are keeping busy

How a group of Ont. university students built a better, cleaner urinal

A group of engineering students from the University of Waterloo have come up with a new design they say will make for cleaner urinals in public washrooms.

kitchener.ctvnews.ca

I saw an interview on the news this morning. The interviewer asked "why hasn't anyone done this before" and the guy answered "previous designers didn't know how to solve differential equations". I don't ever think about solving differential equations when using the urinal.

 

[The Evil Twin]

Bulls with short horns just need to stand closer to the food trough.
I'm surprised the US feral government didn't already have a program to address this pressing issue.

 

[bmblank]

I don't ever think about solving differential equations when using the urinal.

You must not be an engineer.

Now, I can't say that I've ever actually used diffeq outside of school, but there ARE several times where I though, I could figure this out using diffeq (if I could just remember enough of it).

 

[fried1765]

You must not be an engineer.

Now, I can't say that I've ever actually used diffeq outside of school, but there ARE several times where I though, I could figure this out using diffeq (if I could just remember enough of it).

I have NEVER wanted to "remember enough of it"!

 

[Botamon]

Bulls with short horns just need to stand closer to the food trough.
I'm surprised the US feral government didn't already have a program to address this pressing issue.

Federal law:

 

[fried1765]

Federal law:
View attachment 93525

The government has recently funded a research program for this.
It is listed on page 3357 of the "Inflation Reduction Act"

 

[mikester]

You must not be an engineer.

Now, I can't say that I've ever actually used diffeq outside of school, but there ARE several times where I though, I could figure this out using diffeq (if I could just remember enough of it).

I must have gone to the wrong school if that's what I'm supposed to be thinking of...

 

[skeets]

Im sure the drunks at Waffle house at 0300 are going to be impressed

 

[Mark_BX25D]

I don't ever think about solving differential equations when using the urinal.

Wait.... WHAT??? You don't? Is that even allowed???


/walks away, visibly shaken/

 

[Biker1mike]

Reminds me of this.

 

[BruceP]

The article says that they used "...slow motion video..." to validate their calculations.

I wonder if this was under 'true to life' conditions and variables (I am pretty sure there many variables to consider into the differential equations)

 

[mikester]

The article says that they used "...slow motion video..." to validate their calculations.

I wonder if this was under 'true to life' conditions and variables (I am pretty sure there many variables to consider into the differential equations)

Do they use the variables L, G, B, T and Q in their equations? I know there is more I just can't remember what they are supposed to mean.

 

[Kurtee]

I just want to know how much beer they had to buy for testing and if they had a corporate sponsor. 3 guys and a keg of beer ought to be a good start. Do they put foot marks on the floor so all are at the same distance more or less? Did they supply the viagra for the less fortunate so that they didn't have to pee on their shoes? Are they giving it a sensor so it moves to the exactly the correct height. Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[The Evil Twin]

The article says that they used "...slow motion video..." to validate their calculations.

I wonder if this was under 'true to life' conditions and variables (I am pretty sure there many variables to consider into the differential equations)

Hey kid! The good news is we got a job for you. The bad news is you're the camera man!