That would be handy, it might save some trips to the doctor. If they have one that could do a full-blown MRI or other diagnostics that would be a bonus!
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I would totally use it. There are things about my plop that I would love to know.
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As society continues to become more and more aware of health I can see something like this really taking off!

Would I use it? As long as the basic function that I am use to still works why not!
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I'd use it. Especially as a mom. There are definitely things it would help to know!

Of course, it's just a tad too close to my dog's butt-sniffing behavior, but at least I'd know what HE knows. He could no longer sniff someone's rear and get that comical look on his face and go off with a silly lop-sided tailwag.
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Wow! I'd love to buy one. It would save so much money on useless doctors visits. You know the kind, when he just shrugs and tells you, "Buck up, it's just the flu. That'll be 120 dollars, please."

Plus it might help you realize that you're eating too much or too little of certain things, and help you improve your diet over time.
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Wow.

My first impression was "heck no!" But the more I thought about it, the more I might use it in certain situations.

It'd be great for a diabetic who needs to monitor blood sugar regularly, and for a woman who is trying to conceive to measure her peak fertility.

However, there's a cost-effectiveness issue for me, and a concern about how reliable the tests would be. A l ot of "home kit" tests are simply not as accurate as a doctor's office test, for a variety of reasons. Quality of materials, sterile environment, collection technique, analyizing blood chemistry rather than urine...

If it's in the ballpark for the price of a new toilet sans gadgets, and if it can accurately measure what it's measuring, then I'd go for it.

At $3000 to $6000? No way.
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No. No. No.

Let me count the ways:

1) Monitoring will be inaccurate. For one example, measuring blood sugar through urine is not accurate. It could help you in measuring if you are spilling ketones. Something important, but not that important. Glucometers are much more accurate.

2) How do you fix it when a sensor is going bad? Or what about the printer going bad? Oh dear, no toilet for me while I take this into the shop. Or send it back to Japan to get it fixed??? I suppose you could keep a backup toilet in the closet for when you have to send this in for repairs.

3) Cost of replacing sensors, pads, thermometers, different gadgets is a definite factor. However, if you can afford to pay the 3000 to 6000 price tag, I suppose a couple hundred a month for supplies might not an issue. (That is a sheer guess, but strips and sensors for other devices can run into the hundreds of dollars a month.

Note: $$ are American.
Source(s):
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/6/1/40 <- it is old, but valid.

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