By Chuck Woodbury
Are you as sick of hearing about A.I. as we are? If yes, we apologize for yet another story (we can’t resist). It’s about a new product developed using artificial intelligence, but in this case, in a way that seems too bizarre to be true.
We learned about it from our sometimes-contributor James Raia, who found it displayed at this year’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.
Throne One is a smart toilet. No, it will not talk with you while you do your business. But what it will do is look at what you deposit into the toilet bowl and let you know via your smartphone how healthy (or unhealthy) you are, depending on what it observes.
If you find sitting on a toilet boring, then this might liven up the experience. As you sit on the pot, keep an eye on your smartphone for Throne One’s analysis of what’s happening. We’re not sure that’s exactly when the analysis is displayed, but it seems reasonable.
The camera automatically tracks your digestive patterns and your hydration levels. Drink more water!
How it works
The device clips onto the side of a standard toilet bowl and uses a camera and sensors to analyze bowel movements and pee, too. We suspect it will work on at least some RV toilets, but it might take some modification.
The Throne One company points out that the device’s camera points downward only, so no butt shots or start-to-finish slow-mo instant replays. Oh, and yes, it records audio, too.
“Unbox, pair your phone to the contraption attached to the side of the toilet, and go. Throne does the rest, tracking habits, hands-free,” the company says. (We like the “hands-free” part.)
And the really good news is that Throne One can be programmed to analyze the bathroom habits of up to six persons, which could make it perfect for families interested in healthy living. Discussion of results may not be appropriate for dinner table discussions.
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Not dinner table conversation? Unless you’re a personal injury protection lawyer or work in health care. These toilets have been available in Japan for years. I wonder why hospitals haven’t climbed on this bandwagon, using the programming to only record patients thus ignoring anyone not a patient assigned to that room.
Can you imagine visiting a loved one in the hospital, using the restroom and the nurses’ station gets a notification that the patient is critical!
Now instead of crop dusting your personal bowel habits are the latest thing in the cloud.
Thanks for getting to the bottom of this. This kind of thing just bowls me over. 🤓
I don’t know, sounds like a shi**y product 💩. The crap they sell these days! Pooped just thinking about it. (I’ll be here all week…😉)
Now days we are watched way too much. The last thing I would want is a camera watching me take a dump and not only sending something to my smart phone but also to NSA.
So, now we need to know EVERYTHING in real time? Will your smart phone send this to your health provider? Health Ins. will refuse coverage, as it is a Prior Condition that you should have known about. I’m using the out-house, that will confuse them.