The bathroom is arguably the last bastion of privacy, but soon a new high-tech lavatory could be tracking your every movement.
Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) and MIT have teamed up with sanitation specialists to create the ‘FitLoo’ which screens human waste for early signs of disease.
Data gathered by the sensors in the toilet bowl could be beamed to the users mobile phone so they can see how their health is changing or even directly to the GP so they could keep a remote eye on patients.
“The toilet offers an incredible opportunity for people to gain control of their health,” said Michael Lindenmayer, digital health and smart sanitation lead at the Toilet Board Coalition, which represents many leading toilet manufacturers.
ht/ fdr in hell
Damn, tracking everything from political movements to bowel movements.
People in san francisco are way ahead of them- they’ve been tracking that stuff all over the city for a while now.
Next week it will be bar code tattoos and scanners in the toilet seats.
Why am I not surprised this came from a European brain?
Yes, the toilet used to be the only place I could actually get space. When my son was littler, I was doing some post bacc work and being able to read my texts was almost a pipe dream because he took hours to get to sleep and was awake at the crack of dawn. I started going into the bathroom and locking the door, sitting on the tub and reading. It wasn’t long before he started slipping me notes under the door. I thought that was the worst it could get.
And now the Europeans are trying to app my BMs.
hm, i bet they didn’t factor in the clorox bleach tablets i put into the tanks to keep the stains at a low minimum. i’m guessing that’s gonna really mess with the readings.
and really, i need my turd to tweet me on the way out? you’re shitting me right? no! you don’t
so just try to keep it simple.
and remember, it’s one flush for long beach and two for tijuana.
it’s not like it’s one of the three terrors of the Fire Swamp or anything.
Whew, if they tracked my last one, they deserve a raise.
No shit! What will they think up next.
These people have way to much time on their hands. And probably a lot of poop, too
Next, amazon echo will analyze your farts.
Another case of a solution in search of a problem.
How soon will they tax you every time you take a dump?
Now even your poop can end up in CODIS. Could be useful in San Francisco.
Instead of offering coupons for free actual colonoscopy or a deep discount for one?
What a waste of time.
Corn and cashew nuts.
What in hell is THAT going to tell anyone?
But what if you’re sick and have explosive diarrhea?
What a load of crap!
(hey, somebody had to say it)
MJA – I saw what you did …. ‘a deep discount’ indeed
“The toilet offers an incredible opportunity for people to gain control of their health,” said Michael Lindenmayer, digital health and smart sanitation lead at the Toilet Board Coalition, which represents many leading toilet manufacturers.
TOILET BOARD? I thought it was a BOWL! That’s their problem!
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I’ll stick with my japanese transforming toilet.
Are McDonalds and Burger King major investors?
Yeah, but think of the fun you could have with a shovel, a little time in the woods or the neighborhood and a little imagination.
I can see it all coming down the pipe now – a new college major: Shit modeling and forecasting. Seems like the AGW scam is pinching off. They’ll need somewhere else to go…