It's a literal crap shoot.
A Texas startup called Throne is making waves in the scat world with a camera that attaches to toilets and takes pictures of poop.
“Throne uses a downward-facing camera to securely capture video every time you go to the bathroom,” the Austin-based tech company says while describing the crappy camera, simply called Throne. I am writing to. on their site.
However, they're not filming defecations for the sake of defecating or for laughs. This seemingly voyeuristic technique is being used to reveal the health of a user's gut.
The downward-facing device simply clips to the edge of the toilet to capture video of your stool. Doctor-trained artificial intelligence then analyzes the stool and provides insight into the user's daily “digestive and hydration status.”
This outrageous data, along with a customized health record, will be made available through an accompanying smartphone application.
Sloan specifically searches for health markers in the poop and “nuances” in the urine to determine the hydration level of a pooper. TechCrunch reported.
On a larger scale, “bowel monitoring not only provides valuable insight into digestive health and nutrient absorption, but also serves as an early warning sign for a variety of conditions, such as gastrointestinal bleeding,” the site says. is explained.
“This is a cost-effective, non-invasive way to monitor overall health,” they added. “And for people with chronic gastrointestinal disease, it's an important part of ongoing management.”
Of course, these fecal photography raises some privacy concerns. As countless Airbnb horror stories have proven, there's nothing more transgressive than a camera in the bathroom, let alone a john.
However, Throne assures prospective users of the site that they understand that this health information is “very personal.”
To protect user privacy, Digital Dooku Center only records “what's in the toilet bowl,” according to the site.
“Any other data is irrelevant to our mission and can compromise our ability to provide accurate health insights,” Sloan declares. “We use image recognition technology to automatically remove irrelevant images. This ensures that only toilet-related data is retained.”
Users can also request full access to the data collected, but the company will delete any information upon request (no need to worry about it being hacked and sent to the fecal fetish industry).
Best of all, all data is “anonymized” and cannot be traced back to the original user.
The toilet camera costs users $499, but the company is selling it for $299 for those who want to get into the bathroom early.
