Kohler unveils a digicam to your rest room

House items firm Kohler just lately unveiled a brand new system known as the Dekoda — a $599 digicam that may be hooked up to your rest room bowl and take photos of what’s inside.

CNET stories that the Dekoda analyzes these pictures with a view to present updates in your intestine well being and hydration, and to probably detect blood. It additionally comes with a chargeable battery, a USB connection, and a fingerprint sensor to establish who’s utilizing the bathroom.

The Dekoda is at the moment out there for pre-order, with shipments scheduled to start on October 21. Along with the {hardware} buy payment, clients might want to pay between $70 and $156 for a subscription.

If you happen to’re uneasy concerning the privateness implications of placing a digicam proper under your non-public components, the corporate says, “Dekoda’s sensors see down into your rest room and nowhere else.” It additionally notes that the ensuing information is secured by way of end-to-end encryption.

Kohler isn’t the one firm in search of to take photos of your poop — we’ve additionally written about the bathroom digicam supplied by a startup known as Throne.