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Just like the adjustable foot pedals that have my mom's driving experience all the better, we now have a faucet with an articulating arm that control splashing.

Made by Xylem, the Dual Art (Art for "articulating") faucet is a response to the company's recognition of the need for a faucet that would adjust to the three dominant styles of sinks: drop-in, undermount and vessel. An arm pivots from the faucet body to vary the angle, thereby the height of the water stream, and can be fixed via a hand tightened, knurled setscrew.

"A standard conventional faucet has a fixed water stream and when you consider the various shapes, angles, and depths of sinks on the market, the need for a faucet with an adaptable water stream was clear to me," says Hal Weinstein, designer of the faucet and president of Xylem.

Hey, you've come out of the bathroom before looking like you had an "accident" after being splashed by an overzealous water flow. It's embarrassing! "The correct combination of water stream height and angle means the difference between a wet or a dry counter surface and lap," says Weinstein. How true.