No one ever thinks about the mechanism of using the toilet with the exception of flushing the unwanted. In many aspects, this has changed with the invention of a highly computerized bathroom system that can collect information about individuals' physical health.
So, what is this bathroom system? This toilet is known as the Intelligent Toilet. It was created by two Japanese companies, Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. and Toto, Ltd. This toilet has so many built-in devices that it immediately calculates the patron's blood pressure, weight, body fat, and urine sugar level. I need this system in my house!
Every time the toilet is in usage, one of the devices measures the urine sugar level while the other one with a built-in counter next to the toilet bowl calculates blood pressure. After the toilet is no longer in usage by the patron, a scale built in the floor calculates his/her weight. On the other hand, the body fat is calculated by a device that is ready-made into the floor is measuring the weight. Since this device is built into the floor, it also has a sink basin after individuals wash their hands.
Putting these elements together in one place eliminates the operating and assembling individual devices when a patron have to get a health check. This is a very good idea; it keeps track of everything related to healthcare.
The purpose of this innovative bathroom technology, Intelligent Toilet is to make life better by maintaining a consistent check on symptomatic diseases related to lifestyles such as in the case of diabetes. These diseases generally are asymptomatic until the individual pays a visit to the physician for an examination. As a result, the progression of the disease may take place.After the recording of the patron's health data information, it can be uploaded from a home network and saved onto a personal computer. Kenko Kanriken, or Mr. Health Management, is an application that can be installed on the computer that makes the use of data to make graphs and that demonstrates monthly and yearly changes and gives tips on the improvement of the user's lifestyle.
Do we really want to know the price of this Intelligent Toilet? I guess that most of us want to know. Here it comes. The price of these toilets range from $3,454 to $5,109, more expensive that the traditional toilet.I think that this invention is very unique and, of course, intelligent! In that perspective, individuals will have a better understanding of his/her health before heading to the local physician.
Source:http://web-jpn.org/trends/science/sci050726.html
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