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title: Microsoft iLoo
date: "2003-05-27T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 899
description: I explore the strange case of the Microsoft iLoo, an internet-connected portable toilet from MSN UK. Initially dismissed as an elaborate prank, Microsoft later confirmed the project was a real prototype intended for summer music festivals.
keywords: [microsoft iloo, msn uk, internet toilet, tech history, hoaxes, product prototypes]
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[Microsoft iLoo](http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/international/stories/81070.html). Yes, it's what you think it is. No, it's [not a hoax](http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-05-14-iloo-hoax-retract_x.htm), though at one point, Microsoft itself thought it was.