Awesome or Stupid? Japanese Motorcycle Is Powered By Poop

August 28, 2012 3:02 PM EDT
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Behold the toilet-bike in all its glory. (Photo: via Toto)

Toto, Japan's biggest toilet manufacturer, has created what may be the first ever poop-powered toilet. The company's original take on green transportation is called the Toilet Bike Neo and runs on natural biogas.

When we say biogas, what we mean is poop, you, the driver's poop to be precise. The bike's seat conveniently doubles as a toilet, meaning that there's no need to stop at either gas stations or restrooms anymore.

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Check out this hysterical (we think) Japanese commercial for the Toilet Bike Neo, which features a talking toilet:

In true Japanese fashion, the toilet-bike hybrid actually can talk to its driver, as well as play music and write messages in the air with residual light imagery, according to Spoon & Tamago.

The Neo Project is part of TOTO's Green Challenge, an effort to cut the company's CO2 emissions by 50 percent by 2017. The bike first debuted last year for a tour across Japan, including a visit to Nakatsu in Oita to check out a famous butt-shaped boulder.

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