Short answer: Sam Nadler says Kohler unveiled a toilet camera that analyzes your waste. Jordan Metzner says imaging bowel movements and urine can reveal a lot and could help patients with conditions like IBS, much like a glucose monitor.
Watch this answer from Episode 18 (starts at 17:41) · Episode 18 notes and transcript
From Episode 18: TrickOrTreat!, starting at 17:41.
Sam Nadler [17:41]: Okay. Moving on, our first article is a bit of a stinker. We both think this is a pretty funny new device, but Kohler, the toilet brand, has unveiled a new camera, for your toilet. Yes. That is true. And, yeah, something that, I guess, truly analyzes your output. Obviously, I know that, there is a lot of potential health benefits from analyzing a person's waste, and I know there's a couple other companies that do this. But maybe every element of our health doesn't need to be optimized, but, we both thought that this was a little funny device, to analyze your poop.
Jordan Metzner [18:28]: Yeah. Well, I don't wanna poo on your news, sections, but, I did think this was a great story that we could both shit on together. What is interesting here that, Kohler putting a camera inside your toilet sounds really weird. I know it's not the first device that's done that. But the reality is is that by imaging bowel movements and urine, you can actually learn a lot. And I think this is the beginning of AI entering the bathroom. We haven't really seen even something like a smart toothbrush in Sonicare. I think Sonicare is like, I don't know, was twenty, thirty years old as far as technology goes. I think this is interesting. I don't know if I want a camera inside my toilet yet, but I could definitely see a future in which, like, you have a smart toilet. It's got a camera in. It's got a sensor. It knows, like, who's on the toilet. And it's recording all this data, and, you go to see your doctor, and your doctor's got, pretty much, like, every piece of information about, everything that happened in the bathroom with analysis. And I think that that could be incredibly helpful, and especially for patients that have certain types of illnesses, especially for people who have IBS or other types of diseases like that.
Jordan Metzner [19:40]: This could be actually fundamental for their health and be a huge improvement, and almost like a glucose monitor type of style. But it's certainly a stinky story, and I thought it'd be fun to share with everybody here.
Sam Nadler [19:53]: Great. Great. Yeah. It's a fun story. I think I'll pass personally, but, it'll be interesting to see what sales adoption is like.
