Smart toilet designed to monitor users for multiple signs of illness by Indian American Scientist

New York sources reported that indian American scientist-led team from Stanford university has developed a disease-detecting “precision health” smart toilet that is meant to monitor users for multiple signs of illness.The toilet is fitted with technology that can detect a range of disease markers in stool and urine, including those of some cancers, such as colorectal or urologic cancers.

The device could be particularly appealing to individuals who are genetically predisposed to certain conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, prostate cancer or kidney failure, and want to keep on top of their health. “Our concept dates back well over 15 years. When I’d bring it up, people would sort of laugh because it seemed like an interesting idea, but also a bit odd,” said study lead author Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir from Stanford university in the US.

With a pilot study, published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, of 21 participants now completed, Gambhir and his team have made their vision of a precision health-focused smart toilet a reality. Gambhir’s toilet is an ordinary toilet outfitted with gadgets inside the bowl. These tools, a suite of different technologies, use motion sensing to deploy a mixture of tests that assess the health of any deposits.Urine samples undergo physical and molecular analysis; stool assessment is based on physical characteristics.

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