Your next toilet could tell you to drink more water - here's how it'll know

"You probably aren't drinking enough water, and Kohler's newest device tells you so -- from your toilet. Kohler unveiled Dekoda, a sensor that attaches to a toilet to monitor hydration, gut health, hemoglobin, and more. The device uses a spectroscopy sensor and a tiny camera to monitor what's going into the toilet bowl. The sensors analyze hydration levels, bowel movements, and hemoglobin levels within the bowl. The position of the camera is pointed down, so Dekoda only monitors what is in the toilet bowl."

"The app gives users a hydration rating, effectively scoring them on how much water they've drunk each day. A Dekoda user's data is stored within the app, where they can view how many days they were hydrated, their hydration rating, how many Dekoda sessions they've had, whether they had regular bowel movements throughout the week, and which days blood was found in the toilet bowl throughout the month."

"The device retails for $599 and launched on Wednesday. The device clamps to the toilet, and its battery runs for around a week unplugged. Several members of a household can use Dekoda individually by creating separate accounts on the app and touching the finger authenticator, which connects to each account, before activating the bowl. Kohler said it's built the device with privacy and end-to-end encryption."

Kohler's Dekoda is a toilet-clamped sensor system that monitors hydration, gut health, and hemoglobin using a spectroscopy sensor and a downward-pointing camera that observes only the toilet bowl. The device analyzes urine color and volume, bowel movements, and detects blood in the bowl, then sends results to a companion app that scores daily hydration and logs sessions. Data stored in the app shows hydration history, bowel-regularity, session counts, and dates when blood is detected. Dekoda runs about a week on battery, supports multiple household accounts via a finger authenticator, retails for $599, and includes privacy protections with end-to-end encryption.

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