Today’s Solutions: March 11, 2026

IllumiBowl’s motion-activated, multi-color toilet night light may have seemed like a silly idea when it first launched, but don’t laugh — it’s a practical solution if you’d rather not flick on the regular bathroom light (and momentarily blind yourself) just to do your business. And it appears that enough people bought into the concept to warrant a sequel. The company is crowdfunding a second-generation IllumiBowl light that adds anti-germ cleaning to the mix. The new

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