This automatic faucet that need the hands to be between the wall and the water to turn on.

LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 541 points –
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I fucking hate motion-sensing faucets so much. We can edit the human genome, but are unable to make a motion sensor that actually fucking works?! Fuck outta here.

I actually prefer the old-school “push-down and have limited time” type at this point.

I just want a foot pedal to press. Public toilets should also have those just for hygienic reasons.

I really miss these hand washing stations we had in elementary school.

Holy shit that memory just hit me like a sack of bricks

These were in several of the trades buildings in my post secondary. often stocked with fast orange and sunlight industrial.

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I'm not sure if this is ADA compliant. It might be the reason why we don't see these very often. I had one of these at work though.

I can only see wheelchairs being an issue, but you need special toilets and sinks for that anyway. Any foot pedal should be able to be activated with a crutch or prosthetic.

ADA compliancy is such a BS hurdle sometimes.

"Hey we made this improvement that will help 99.99% of all people!"

"What about the remaining 0.01%?"

"Well, no, unfortunately it won't work for those edge cases"

"Ewww.... Well it's not allowed then. If a blind man in a wheelchair with a service dog can't use it, then no one can!"

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You have correctly identified that it's not a lack of technological advancement that is holding our society back.

Now go solve social sciences, economics, psychology, and neuroscience. Come back and we'll talk about how to design a world where nobody happens to install a motion sensor with a wrong range.

I've actually encountered a properly designed one once in my life. The sensor was in the faucet spout instead of in the base.

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