It seems that Boeing develops the toilet of an airplane that sterilizes indoors with ultraviolet rays, it actually moves like this

I think many people are concerned about the cleanliness of the toilet that many people use, but the feeling is even more if the airplane toilet where the space is limited. Boeing, a leading aircraft aircraft, develops a toilet for disinfection by "bursting" the bacteria in the room by irradiating the toilet after use with ultraviolet rays.

Boeing: The Airplane Bathroom That Cleans Itself
http://www.boeing.com/features/2016/03/self-clean-lavatory-03-16.page

This toilet was jointly developed by Boeing's engineering team, and in addition to sterilization by ultraviolet rays, we are trying to realize cleanliness by eliminating the need to touch the hands everywhere in the room. You can see the actual operation in the following movie.


A state of a new toilet that Boeing produced. It looks like an ordinary aircraft toilet but the next moment ......


The interior turned pale blue.


From the white color of the ceiling lighting ......


Change to pale blue


This equipment is a mockup of the in-flight toilet with fully automatic sterilization function developed by Boeing. This toilet is capable of killing up to 99.99% of bacteria and microorganisms by irradiating ultraviolet rays.


Special ultraviolet light irradiated from dedicated LED is used for sterilization.


After using the toilet, when it is sensed that the interior became unmanned, ultraviolet rays are automatically irradiated to kill bacteria and the like remaining in the room. When sterilizing, the lid of the toilet opens automatically, enhancing the sterilization effect.


Blue light wraps around not only the toilet bowl but also the interior. Ultraviolet rays used here are ultraviolet rays of a kind different from the type used in "sunburn salon", etc., completely harmless to the human body. On the other hand, it has very high aggression against bacteria and microorganisms, it can literally "burst" bacteria and the like and can drive it to annihilation. Because it takes only 3 seconds to sterilize, it seems that it will not fall into the situation that the toilet will not be usable.


In addition, this toilet has not only sterilization function by ultraviolet rays, but also various cleanliness functions are introduced.


A toilet that a lid opens just by holding her hand is one of them.


Also, when stepping on the foot lever ......


Since the lid of the garbage can be opened, there is no need to touch the hand.


Just turn the hand over with the hot dry hand dryer.


Also, the hand washing water is sterilized by ultraviolet rays, so cleanliness is maintained.


This automatic disinfection toilet is at the stage of concept, but the award on aircraft interior "Crystal · Cabin · Award"Was selected as the finalist for FY 2016 and will start in Hamburg, Germany on April 5, 2016Aircraft interior · ExpoIt is supposed to be announced on the occasion.