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April 4th, 2005 at 12:01 am

Clever commodes

» by Edward Chmura in: Cool!, Japan, Really?, Technology

Will there come a day in the future when the crapper is will be more intelligent then we are?

Maybe so, if the toilet of the future that is being developed by Yamato House Industrial Corporation and TOTO Ltd. follows the usual path of technological development.

Smart toilet

Scheduled to go on sale from April 5, the clever commode provides all of the standard functions of current models, in addition to sensors that can provide feedback on the following parameters.

Urine glucose level
Blood pressure
Body fat percentage
Weight

The toilet can even interface with a computer to store data.

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