Physicist Wants To Wipe Out Toilet Paper

A German physicist is engineering toilet paper that he says is more efficient  and softer than the familiar white roll. TP visionary Siegfried Hustedt claims a single ply of his new paper—which can "hold its shape longer under pressure"—will be sturdy enough to do the job, not to mention healthier and more ecofriendly.

Going Sheryl "One-Square-Per-Sitting" Crow one step further, the Procter & Gamble researcher foresees a future of paperless bathrooms. Post-relief cleansing with water and a blow-dryer is a plan he can get behind.