hansa bathroom fixtures

the german company hansa has developed these awesome bathroom fixtures. they are similar to the faucet friend, only they are actually for sale. the fixture uses temperature sensors to activate LEDs which illuminate the water [hey wow, illuminated water actually can be nicely done]. red indicates hot, blue means cold, and pink means warm. i was having a discussion with someone about how the sliding scale of color between cold and hot doesn't really represent lukewarm in the middle, i've never though of purple as being not-exactly-hot. red and blue are already established metaphors, so i'd prefer intensity of light being used on top of that. but hey, it's pretty cool.

[thank boing boing + information aesthetics]