What if the toilet can diagnose illnesses? There is nothing surreal about the idea. It is even very seriously considered by Josh Coon, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and alsoresearcher at the Morgridge Research Institute. The latter imagines "smart toilets clad with sensors capable of analyzing the chemical composition of urine and excrement.
Waste worth gold
These analyzes n are nothing extraordinary. It is very common to give a urine sample to the doctor or a lab. These toilets would be able to perform analyzes every day (and even several times a day!), Thus feeding an individual's health database. He does not have to receive notifications on his smartphone on the state of his waste ... However, this information can be transmitted to an autonomous health system which would notify the doctor treating the person, in case of problems .
A high level of glucose in the urine can be a sign of the development of diabetes. And when the protein in the urine is too high, the disease has started to cause serious damagekidney… The principle of smart toilets then makes sense to prevent such health problems before illness.
The idea is gaining ground in the scientific community, but the fact remains that costs remain very high to turn this idea into concrete - and affordable. There are also questions of confidentiality: would a company that "would offer smart toilets to its employees be tempted to use the data to determine the" medical value of an employee?
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