Time-restricted 'smart' toilets arrive in Long Beach as city looks to plug restroom gaps

Time-restricted ‘smart’ toilets arrive in Long Beach as city looks to plug restroom gaps

QR codes are an omnipresent aspect of smartphone-era life, controlling access of everything from airline tickets to restaurant menus. But in Long Beach, there are new, and perhaps unexpected, places that can be opened via a smartphone scan: public restrooms. As part of a pilot program, Washington D.C.-based Throne Labs has set up “smart” bathrooms at four locations across the city. Each of the units, known as Thrones, includes a toilet, an urina…

Time-restricted 'smart' toilets arrive in Long Beach as city looks to plug restroom gaps

Long Beach has partnered with Washington, D.C.-based Throne Labs to add four portable public restrooms throughout the city as part of a pilot program.

Time-restricted ‘smart’ toilets arrive in Long Beach

QR codes are an omnipresent aspect of smartphone-era life, controlling access of everything from airline tickets to restaurant menus. But in Long Beach, there are new, and perhaps unexpected, places that can be opened via a smartphone scan: public restrooms. As part of a pilot program, Washington D.C.-based Throne Labs has set up “smart” bathrooms [...]