We've all been there, running to the restroom at a crowded festival or concert only to find a line stretching out the door and down the block, much further than our bladder will likely be able to hold.

Leave it to technology to come up with a solution to this all-too-human problem.

Airpnp is a new smartphone app that connects homeowners with available bathrooms to potential "users" in their area, who pay $3-$5 for the right to use the host's facilities. The system got its start in New Orleans — where Mardi Gras revelers helped to put the app on the map — but it has since expanded globally, with some 400 bathrooms available worldwide via the service. 

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