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The boys over at Genki Robot have just released their first iPhone app, OtoKun (音くん).

OtoKun - Bathroom Happy Noise

For those intimate with modern Japanese toilets will know that they come equipped with a control panel that offers a whole range of functionality from a washlet and bidet with variable water pressure, a warm air dryer and a toilet seat warmer gauge control (to name a few).

Further, Japanese toilet maker ‘Toto’ offer the ‘Otohime’ (or Sound Princess) which, when activated, makes the sound of a typical toilet flush to conceal any unwanted echoing emissions.

This is where the boys from Genki Robot have stepped in with an app available for download on the iTunes App Store.

Devoted users of Toto’s Otohime often find themselves ‘stranded’ when they are using a toilet that is not furnished with the Sound Princess functionality, something that they have come to depend on. But now, just pop out your iPhone and launch OtoKun and voilà problem solved. Embarrassing situation averted.

For more information, check out:

• OtoKun’s landing page
• OtoKun at the iTunes App Store

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RoboGeisha

RoboGeisha

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