Yessir, for only $599 plus a nominal subscription fee (up to $156) you can be spared having to get up off the throne* and inspect what you’ve, um, downloaded. The Dekoda attaches to your toilet and collects images that you can view if concerned about “hydration” and other issues (a cellphone app would be a terrific way to review your files when out and about). Share with friends!
Also said to be a valuable source of info if urine doubt about your bladder.
The article is meant to be reassuring about potential privacy concerns, but what if someone hacks into your poop cam? Big-time security issue if the Russians or Chinese are able to see the output of key political or military figures, and even alter images using AI.
*there’s a competing device called “Throne”. No foolin’.
**Toilet Cam could be indispensable for those unfortunates Down Under who’ve reported snakes coming up through their toilet plumbing.
***a sensor that detects who is using your toilet is another invaluable feature.
Missed opportunity there. They should’ve made a whole social network and leaderboard for it. Could’ve been a friendly little butt to butt competition with friends and fam.
I have read that German toilets are typically supplied with an inspection shelf, where the solid waste lands and awaits your perusal until you flush. I actually think this low-tech approach is rather a good idea. Modern US low-flow toilets have such a small pool of water at the bottom that most solid waste slips down the pipe and you can’t see anything. What am I supposed to tell my doctor when he enquires about discoloration or blood in my stool? “Not that I know of” is the best I can do.
However, being a typical old person, I will resist this urge to automate fecal data collection onto a phone app. I hate apps.
This is one of those inventions that I’m sure after you have it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. But several questions come to mind, In a typical house with three (or more) bathrooms, you’re obviously going to need a multitude of these amazing poop-cams. Will you need a separate subscription for each one, or will they offer a household package deal?
Another question is how it distinguishes one family member’s poop from another, but on further reading, I see that it has a fingerprint scanner. But this seems crude. ISTM that an obvious refinement, probably coming in Toilet Cam 2.0, is to automatically sense the contours of each individual’s butt, and do the ID that way.
The other thought that came to mind is that someone actually had to pitch this product concept, and someone had to approve its development and create a marketing plan for it. I’d love to have seen the pitch, even if it was an internal company one. Better still, I’d love to see it being pitched on Shark Tank or Dragon’s Den, if only to watch Kevin O’Leary’s reaction to it. Most investors on those panels feel bound by some sense of decorum, but O’Leary is not shy about saying what he really thinks. The only times O’Leary has disappointed me were when he was so convulsed with laughter he couldn’t speak.
I’ll pass. I flush while I’m still on the toilet. The sight of my own poop (let alone other people’s poop) makes me sick to my stomach. Even if it’s in a movie.
Yeah, these have been around for some time. I’m aware of them from time to time when there’s a news story of some guy getting caught (spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-E-D) having installed one in a toilet somewhere & catching unsuspecting people other than himself.
This reminds me of a website which was around a few years ago, and might still be around (though I’m not going to search for it). It was ratemypoop.com, or something like that. People, mostly guys, took photos of their BMs and posted them online for viewers to rate them. I think I accidentally clicked on the link and saw one image and quickly clicked out again. Barf.
Thirty years ago for work reasons I visited the building at Johnson Space Center that contained the Shuttle Mission Simulators. Directly below the Fixed Base Simulator was what they called “Crippen’s Crapper.” This was a simulator for the toilet onboard the space shuttle which required the user to establish a good seal between the seat and one’s body so that the suction would work properly. The simulator had a camera down below to guide the user in seating properly. The funny thing was the serious lock on the toilet simulator, much more secure than the shuttle simulator itself.
