A Turnstile That Sprays You With Water

"It would allow disabled people to get through, and spray everyone else with water."

Let us define people as the people they are, not by their disabilities.

"It would allow people with disabilities to get through, and spray everyone else with water."

:)

So if you are willing to get a little wet you don't have to pay?

If you run through you'd barely get wet. Water doesn't seem to me to be much of a "psychological barrier..."

Maybe jets of fire would work better? That I'd like to see.

so now you dont even have to jump over the turnstyle you just walk through a little bit of water

Seems like it would be effective, unless you live in a hot area. I wouldn't want to be soaking wet on a subway.

Jets of fire could be ran through as well. How about spraying those people without disabilities with polonium?

High-powered lasers might be more effective.

"water" whatever, we all know the water will be replaced with shoplifter's ink!

I can see the kids playing in it happily.

This idea is almost as brilliant as the Jump To Conclusions Mat.

A tripwire. People in wheelchairs could just roll over it.

If these were the same high-powered water lasers that precision-cut metal, they'd be painful. :O

ooooh, water is scaaaaryyyy!

They already make "turnstiles" which accommodate wheelchairs.

Link it to the urinals for greater deterrent.

@An Advocate.
Let's not play semantics. The distinction you make is negligible.

How does this "detect" a disability? Is it just for wheelchairs, or should we somehow code people, say with a microchip, according to their abilities? What if a person in a wheelchair is being pushed through? Does the person pushing get sprayed with water?

@ted
it's for everyone to use, but it's designed to be easier for people in wheelchairs to get through, no little turn thingies or doors. but able bodied people will be able to use it normally too.

why don't they just make a universal turnstile for disable and able people? Why separate them? We don't have separate lifts, why turnstile?

@The Manticore

It's not a turnstile for people in a waterpark. The water's supposed to discourage everybody who isn't in a wheelchair. My point is that there are a lot of people who don't use wheelchairs and who still can't use turnstiles easily. They would get wet using this.

Am I missing where it says only those using a wheelchair would be able to use it?
No?
It's only a concept with no guidelines or suggestions for implementation?
Ohhhh...
Thanks for reminding me why I don't read Neatorama comments. At least it's better than Youtube.

Its a drinking fountain!!!

!!Or maybe just squirt some bubble bath or dish soap into the system for fun!!! Cant wait to see someone doing that on Youtube!!!

Now if they can only come up with a deterrent for those non-disabled who park in handicapped parking spots!

They could have given the name a bit more thought. :)

@Native Speaker.

That was my original question. How would the turnstile be able to detect a disability? It's supposed to be automatic, or it would be pointless to create.

You're saying it's perfectly fine to create a concept without any idea or suggestions as to how it would have any practical use?

That's as stupid as "We don't have warp drive, and we have no idea how to make a warp drive, but if we did, it would look exactly like this".

Wow Ted. Native Speaker did not say it's okay to create a concept with no suggestions for implementation or practical use. NS said that Neatorama did not fully explain that this design is still very preliminary, so we don't know everything the makers have planned for it.

Also, it's a turnstile. I don't think it needs to "detect" disability any more than the big stall in the public restroom. The expectation is that putting this in a public place creates the requisite pressure to use it correctly.

Apparently, if you go to the link, the designers were concerned about people in flight in case of an emergency as well. This way people don't hurt themselves on a metal turnstile if there's a fire or something.

Cola, pardon me for assuming that people with disabilites wouldn't want to be sprayed with water. That is the deterrent factor here, isn't it?