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SCIENCE & TECH: AI toilet camera snaps pictures of poop β€” here’s why

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It’s a literal crap-shoot.

A Texas startup named Throne is making waves in scatological circles after devising a camera that attaches to your toilet and photographs your poop.

β€œThrone uses a downward facing camera that securely captures video during each bathroom visit,” the Austin-based tech firm writes while describing the crappy camera, simply dubbed Throne, on their site.

They’re not filming bowel movements for s–ts and giggles, however. This seemingly voyeuristic tech is used to lift the lid on the user’s gut health.


To protect users’ privacy, Throne (pictured) only records the β€œcontents of your toilet bowl,” per the site Throne

The downward-facing device simply clips onto the toilet rim and snaps videos of your stool. Afterward, doctor-trained artificial intelligence analyzes the stool and provides insight into the user’s daily β€œdigestive and hydration status.”

This doody data, along with tailored health recs, is then made available via an accompanying Smartphone application.

Throne is specifically searching for health markers in excrement as well as β€œnuances” in the urine to determine the pooper’s level of hydration, TechCrunch reported.

On a larger scale, β€œmonitoring bowel movements can provide valuable insights into digestive health and nutrient absorption, as well as serve as an early warning sign for various conditions like gastrointestinal bleeding,” the site describes.


A message about poop.
The AI provides feedback on the user’s diet and more. Throne

β€œIt’s a cost-effective, non-invasive way to keep tabs on overall health,” they add. β€œAnd for individuals with chronic gastrointestinal diseases, it’s an essential part of ongoing management.”

Of course, these fecal photo-ops do raise some privacy concerns β€” as myriad Airbnb horror stories have proven, there are few things more violating than a cam in the bathroom, let alone the john.

However, Throne assures prospective users on the site that they understand that this health info is β€œincredibly personal.”

To protect users’ privacy, the digital doo-cumenter only records the β€œcontents of your toilet bowl,” per the site

β€œAny other data is irrelevant to our mission and could compromise our ability to provide accurate health insights,” Throne declares. β€œWe use image recognition technology to automatically delete any non-relevant images. This ensures that only toilet-related data is retained.”

Users can also request complete access to the data they collected while the company will delete any info upon demand (no need to worry that it’s being hacked and sent to the fecal fetish industry).

Best of all, all the data is β€œanonymized,” meaning the data can’t be traced back to the original user.

The toilet cam sets users back $499, though the company is selling it for $299 for those who want to get in early.



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