S uzy Batiz sits in a director’s chair in a 65,000-square-foot Dallas television and film studio. Wearing a tie-dyed cowboy hat with a match tucked in the band and cowboy boots, she watches as the ...

A toilet called the iThrone uses a breathable membrane to absorb water out of waste. Poop is mostly water, so the dehydrated feces shrink down. That means the toilet only needs to be emptied once a ...