Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device
Hi HN! A few years ago our company moved to a new office. That office has a insufferable bathroom in terms of privacy. You could hear a needle fall on the floor inside of it which made it very uncomfortable to use the bathroom. Many people ran the tap water or fake coughed to cover their “noises”, especially doing “no 2”. I got sick of not being able to be comfortable in the bathroom and hearing everyone’s toilet business so I decided to make a music player using a Raspberry Pi and soldered on a motion detector that started a white noise and music whenever you entered the bathroom to hide…
Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device launched on April 27, 2022 with 87 votes, #385 of 2,974 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
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Loodio is a bathroom privacy device that automatically plays white noise and music when someone enters, masking sounds for greater comfort and discretion. The device uses motion detection to activate audio playback, addressing the problem of thin bathroom walls in shared office spaces. It was developed by someone frustrated with the lack of privacy in their workplace bathroom and refined through hands-on engineering rather than consulting.
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Hi HN! A few years ago our company moved to a new office. That office has a insufferable bathroom in terms of privacy. You could hear a needle fall on the floor inside of it which made it very uncomfortable to use the bathroom. Many people ran the tap water or fake coughed to cover their “noises”, especially doing…
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