Bathroom fixture brand Kohler has unveiled a smart toilet camera (yes, you heard right), equipped with multiple sensors to track any liquid or solid waste inside the toilet bowl to provide health insights.
Essentially, the Dekoder health tracker is part of Kohler Healths new initiative focused on turning the bathroom into a connected, data-informed health and wellness hub. But how exactly does the Dekoda poop camera work?
Disguised in a discreet, curved case, the camera simply attaches to the rim of your toilet. Its designed to peer into the bowl and analyze what it detects using algorithms to scan for indicators of your hydration and gut health. Whats more, it sends real-time alerts and will notify when blood is detected in the stool, which can be a symptom of more serious medical issues.
In addition, it comes with a magnetic charging pad and wall-mounted remote. While all the health data is end-to-end encrypted, each user can scan their fingerprint on a separate wall-mounted remote to ensure Dekoda is tracking the right person.
While this poop tracking toilet camera sounds like a great health concept in principle, it does come at an expense. Firstly, $600 seems like an eye-watering price to pay for smart toilet tech, and it seems highly unlikely that consumers would be quick to part with such a cost.
Secondly, the Kohler Health insights aren't free either. For instance, one person will cost $6.99 per month, and a family plan of up to five people will set you back $12.99 per month or $130 per year. Whats more, the Kohler Health app is currently only available on iOS, but will be coming to Android soon which may be limiting.
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Who is dumb enough to buy thisAI bros.
how long until these get hacked?The first day, with the second day having all the footage sold as fetish material.
The first day, with the second day having all the footage sold as fetish material.I mean, from the image in the article it looks like the sensor/camera only points down at the bowl so the most you might get is the tip of a dick or some low hanging balls. Otherwise it'd be strictly fecal matter/urine.