Kohler’s Dekoda is $600 digicam to your rest room

House merchandise firm Kohler is launching a brand new Kohler Well being division, and its first product is a $599 digicam to your rest room. The merchandise, dubbed Dekoda, is supplied with sensors that analyze no matter liquid or stable waste goes into the bathroom bowl with “validated machine studying algorithms.” The information, which may supply insights on hydration and intestine well being in addition to detecting the presence of blood, then goes to Kohler Well being’s iPhone app, though Android assist is within the works. It comes with a magnetic charging pad and a wall-mounted distant that may optionally use Bluetooth fingerprint authorization in order that you do not study far more than you wish to about your company.

I have to salute the PR one who got here up with this gem from the : “By turning the toilet right into a linked, data-informed well being and wellness hub, Kohler Well being empowers people to show strange routines into proactive, personalised experiences.” As a result of who would not wish to be proactive about pee? Well being knowledge is nice, no arguments right here. However this looks like a fairly excessive and costly method to determine when you’re consuming sufficient water. Perhaps I am within the minority with my skepticism, nevertheless, as a result of this is not the primary occasion we have seen of toilet-bowl tech for higher well being. Withings launched a a couple of years again for analyzing urine streams, which you should purchase for a mere $500.

When you’re simply that keen about monitoring your biometrics, Dekoda merchandise are anticipated to ship beginning tomorrow. You will additionally want to enroll in a Kohler Well being subscription on prime of the product value, and there are particular person and household plan choices.