"There will come a point when we've gone too far with health tracking. One could argue we have already arrived, but sometimes we really need to overindulge to rein ourselves in. Case in point: we can now analyze our urine anytime we want, from the comfort of our own toilets. In November, Withings released its long-awaited U-Scan: a home monitoring system for your urine."
"I can't think of a single person who enjoys providing a urine sample at the doctor's office, myself included. So I was completely unenthusiastic about testing the $380 U-Scan, if I'm being honest. For whatever reason, the concept of collecting details about my urine is way less exciting than knowing how many hours of sleep I had the night before, or how many steps I took, or how high my heart rate got on my run that morning."
Withings released the U-Scan, a toilet-mounted urine monitoring device that collects and analyzes urine for indicators such as pH, specific gravity, ketones, vitamin C, and calcium. The puck-sized, seashell-like unit fits inside the toilet and uses removable cartridges: Nutrio focuses on nutrition-related markers (pH, specific gravity, ketones, vitamin C) while Calci tracks pH, specific gravity, and calcium. The device debuted at CES 2023 and took several years to reach market. The U-Scan costs $380. Urine tracking is unnecessary for most healthy people, but home analysis can feel less awkward and surprisingly engaging compared with clinical sampling.
Read at gizmodo.com
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