The Unlikely Alliance of Clay, Cats, and Code: Engineering a Better Latrine

Published on Sept. 11, 2025, 12:16 p.m.

The surprising science behind engineering the perfect cat toilet, and what it reveals about our future with animals and technol…

Your Cat's Litter Box Is a High-Tech Health Lab: Unpacking the Science of a Smart Home Sleeper Hit

Published on Sept. 11, 2025, 12:07 p.m.

There are few constants in a cat owner’s life, but the litter box is one of them. It’s a zone of reluctant, repetitive maintena…

The Secret Life of a Smart Litter Box: How Geology, Data, and Psychology Converged in Your Home

Published on Sept. 11, 2025, 11:17 a.m.

It’s not just a toilet. It’s a passive health monitor, a lesson in material science, and a fascinating case study in designing …

Taming Chaos: The Industrial Revolution Inside Your Cat's Litter Box

Published on Sept. 11, 2025, 10:59 a.m.

### Behind a simple solution to a messy problem lies a deep history of industrial engineering, chemical warfare, and the relent…

The Light That Cleans: How Space-Age Tech Ended Up in Your Cat's Litter Box

Published on Sept. 11, 2025, 10:36 a.m.

It begins not with a cat, but with a beaker in Tokyo. The year is 1967. A young graduate student named Akira Fujishima is worki…

Designing for the Unspoken User: The Engineering Empathy Behind the Modern Cat Litter Box

Published on Sept. 11, 2025, 10:19 a.m.

### A deep dive into how a symphony of sensors, materials science, and a century-old biological theory are helping us finally u…

From Sand to Silicon: The Surprising Engineering Inside a Robotic Litter Box

Published on Sept. 11, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

Long before smart homes, humans faced a primal problem: waste. Let's deconstruct how a modern cat litter box deploys serious en…