In what city officials are calling a “revolution in urban sanitation,” Portland will begin installing CrapTrap 3000™ units across the metro area—human-sized, self-cleaning litter boxes designed to address the growing issue of public defecation, and “shaping the future, one log at a time.” The sleek, solar-powered devices look like a cross between a futuristically egg-shaped phone booth and something your cat would nervously sniff at. “We were inspired by automated pet litter systems,” said...