Smart toilet warns of cancer

Sensor mounted in the urinal capable of analyzing urine to check protein and glucose, early detection of diabetes and cancer.

Smart toilets were created by scientists at the European Aerospace Research Agency (ESA) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in collaboration with cleaning experts, according to the Daily Mail.

In addition to detecting fluctuations in protein and glucose levels, sensors in the urinals can check other biochemical markers in the urine, giving them an early warning of cancer or diabetes. Data can be sent to the user’s smartphone or to the family doctor for prompt treatment.

Michael Lindenmayer, an expert on health and smart sanitary equipment at the Toilets Commission Coalition, said high-tech toilets give people a great opportunity to “better control their health”.

“People usually only see doctors when they are sick. We still haven’t listened to our bodies fully while the toilets will do it more. There is a huge amount of health information that has slipped down the drain every time. when we drain the water, “says Lindenmayer.

Gastro-intestinal expert Sameer Berry said that the smart toilet will be helpful in collecting data on patients with bowel cancer, anal abscesses …

In addition, the “smartization” of public toilets also helps health officials monitor and predict epidemics, have the opportunity to warn early before an outbreak.

Mr. Davide Coppola, Head of Sanitary Space at ESA, said that if we combine health data from smart sensors in a toilet with earth observation satellite data, we can form the system. health information for disease prevention.

“If there are 1,000 smart toilets that monitor specific diseases in a particular area, you can use spatial data to calculate the likelihood of an outbreak.”

The technology-based smart toilet is used to monitor the health of astronauts in space. The International Space Station (ISS) tested a device called the Urine Monitoring System, with the aim of collecting and testing the urine of individual crew members.

ESA and MIT are looking for toilet-making companies to help tailor their technology for use in smart toilets.

The goal of the new generation toilet is to combine technologies into a complete smart toilet. “Users connect their phones to the toilet to get their health information. If something goes wrong, they go to the doctor for more check,” said Lindenmayer.

In addition, Japanese sanitary ware companies are developing wifi-connected toilets that help measure body mass index (BMI), biochemical components such as sugar, protein, urine temperature … USA, scientists at Stanford University have developed modified toilet paper