A year ago, Duravit launched the Inipi here (from £15,709) – a lavish glass-fronted model with all sorts of futuristic features: you can, for example, set different "scenarios", such as "prairie", which gives you a soundtrack of horses and crackling fires.
A cramped cell enclosed the toilet, but its futuristic features will distract you from your claustrophobia: the lid opened automatically and a wall panel at seat level was full of buttons — labeled "cleanser," "soft pressure," "pulse" — that controlled the ablutions (as in a bidet).
But Zeglis the Zealot insists he can fix the flaws and open the way for futuristic features.
Ultimately a good deal of these more futuristic features will probably go unused.
Among the futuristic features that Sony Ericsson has embraced so far is "shake control," which enables a phone to sense motion, and is used to let consumers engage in interactive games.
Today, just 819 days and 3 models after launch, this oh-so-futuristic feature has found its way to iPhones on AT&T's network.
So Yotel, whose futuristic rooms feature purple mood lighting and private monsoon showers, plans to turn part of its fourth floor over to a restaurant, bar and 20,000-square-foot outdoor patio.
Dawn Shadforth's video was iconic for its futuristic look, featuring Kylie in an apparently revealing white costume, backed by perfectly choreographed dancers in red headgear.
Vogue has dedicated 12 pages in its September issue to a futuristic spread featuring models wearing Glass, sleek hair and minimalist designs, like an oversize amethyst Stella McCartney coat, in a rusted steel house in Texas resembling an alien spaceship.
A kitschy futuristic video featuring SBS host Julia Zamiro and some costumed Aussies helicoptering the continent to Europe followed, before characters including a koala and some Sydney Swans AFL players performed a musical number on stage, name checking Russell Crowe, cockatoos and budgie smugglers.
