Smartwatches track our health. Smart toilets aren’t too far behind
Live MintResearchers and companies are developing high-tech toilets that go beyond adding smart speakers or a heated seat. “ get personalized alerts for having more fiber or avoiding certain foods to avoid flare-ups," says Sonia Grego, founder of the Duke Smart Toilet Lab and Coprata Inc., a startup that she and two other team members launched in 2021 to commercialize the technology. A remote smart toilet could help doctors monitor patients with chronic conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome or spot early signs of disease, says Dr. Grego. To get that information with real trends behind it is super valuable," says Austin McChord, the chief executive of Casana, a home-health monitoring startup working on a toilet seat that can measure vital signs including blood pressure, blood-oxygen levels or heart rate. Toilet makers say that their products can provide medical-grade results for some vital signs and urine tests, but a smart toilet that can analyze the broader chemical makeup of waste is likely further off.
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