New Toilet Tech Can Read Your Poop

Researchers have created technology that can track health markers — all from the toilet seat.

By Katharine Gammon
Apr 9, 2020 3:15 PMApr 17, 2020 6:54 PM
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(Inside Science) — Analyzing urine and stool has long been an important tool in a doctor’s kit for diagnosing infections, diabetes and some cancers. Now, an international team of researchers are finding ways to integrate analysis of many markers of health — including the flow and viscosity of, well, bodily functions — into a smart toilet to give users a full picture of what’s coming out of them. The new report was published today in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering.

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