Robot of the Week: Dr. Toilet

Dr. Toilet - Scrubs

Robot of the Week has arrived with its very first segment! What a way to start off, with Dr. Toilet. Not to be confused with the famous Dr. Toilet of hit TV show Scrubs, this Dr. Toilet is an invention that makes me wonder what our lives will be like just 5 or 10 years down the road. Now, everybody knows anything electronic we have in the US, Japan's had for a while now. But this one kind of takes the cake.

Dr. Toilet is a normal toilet first and foremost. But on top of that, it's capable of reading abnormalities in your feces or urine (#2 or #1) and alerting you to any problems. It can also check your blood sugar and body fat. The potential is pretty awesome when you think about it. How many health problems can be avoided by a small urine or blood screening? How many illnesses can be detected in early stages with tests during every bathroom visit? Countless.

Right now, there's not a whole lot out about it. It's main area of operation is Japan, the world's leader in technology and intellectual toilets. For now and the near future, Dr. Toilet is not available for purchase in the US.

Projected Image of the Futuristic Dr. Toilet

You can bet you'll be reading more about Dr. Toilet in the future on Sick Tech on Deck. Anything with THAT much of a life changing potential will definitely be in the media sometime soon.