Kohler’s new toilet camera provides health insights based on your bathroom breaks
Kohler is stepping into the future of health and wellness with its innovative product, the Dekoda, a toilet-mounted health tracker designed to transform the bathroom into a connected hub for personal health insights. This groundbreaking device utilizes advanced optical sensors to analyze waste, providing users with valuable data about their hydration levels and gut health. By discreetly monitoring what goes down the toilet, the Dekoda can alert users to potential health issues, such as the presence of blood, which may indicate more serious medical conditions. This initiative is part of Kohler’s broader goal of integrating health technology into everyday life, emphasizing that understanding bodily outputs is just as crucial for health maintenance as being mindful of dietary inputs.
The Kohler Dekoda is easy to install on most toilets without the need for tools, using a simple expanding clamping mechanism. It comes with a magnetic charging pad and a wall-mounted remote, making it user-friendly and accessible. Priced at $599, the Dekoda is currently available for preorder, with shipping slated to begin on October 21st. The accompanying Kohler Health app, available on iOS and soon on Android, provides users with detailed insights based on the data collected by the Dekoda. However, to access these features, users must subscribe to a Kohler Health membership, which costs $6.99 per month for individuals or $12.99 for families, providing a comprehensive way to track health metrics over time.
The device’s sophisticated technology includes optical sensors that employ spectroscopy to assess how light interacts with waste, ensuring that only data relevant to health is collected while maintaining user privacy. The sensors are strategically positioned to focus solely on the contents of the toilet bowl, and all data transmitted to the app is end-to-end encrypted. This innovative approach allows users to receive insights on their waste’s frequency, consistency, and shape, helping them make informed decisions about hydration and dietary habits. By raising awareness of potential health issues, the Dekoda empowers users to take proactive steps towards improving their overall well-being, encouraging timely medical consultations when necessary. Kohler’s Dekoda not only redefines bathroom technology but also paves the way for a new era of health monitoring in the comfort of one’s home.
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Using an expanding clamping mechanism the Kohler Dekoda installs on most toilets without tools. | Image: Kohler
Knowing what’s
coming out of your body
can be just as useful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle as being choosy about what goes into it. As part of a new initiative focused on “turning the bathroom into a connected, data-informed health and wellness hub,”
Kohler has announced a health tracker called the Dekoda
you attach to your toilet. It’s designed to peer into the bowl using sensors and analyze what it sees using algorithms to provide insights into your hydration and gut health, and it will discreetly notify you when blood is detected which can be indicative of more serious medical issues.
The Kohler Dekoda system, which includes the sensor itself, a magnetic charging pad, and a wall-mounted remote, is
available for preorder now for $599
with shipping expected to start on October 21st. The collected health data is made available through the
mobile Kohler Health app
— which is currently available for iOS and coming soon to Android — but only with a Kohler Health membership that’s $6.99 per month or $70 per year for single users, or $12.99 per month or $130 per year for a family plan that accommodates up to five users.
The Dekoda is designed to be installed on the rim of most toilet bowls using a simple expanding clamping mechanism, although Kohler warns it will not work on darker colored toilets where the lighting is reduced. On the outside of the bowl, you’ll find most of the electronics and a magnetic battery that can be removed for charging instead of having to completely uninstall the Dekoda.
On the inside you’ll find advanced optical sensors that use spectroscopy to “observe how light interacts with your waste.” To ensure privacy, the sensors are angled down so they only see what’s inside the toilet bowl. The data shared to the app, which includes the frequency, consistency, and shape of your waste, is end-to-end encrypted, and the Dekoda uses a fingerprint sensor on its wall-mounted remote to differentiate multiple users.
The data shared through the Kohler Health app based on the Dekoda’s findings over several days can make you aware of when you should be hydrating more frequently or how dietary changes could improve your digestion or nutrient absorption. And while the system can’t provide details on the origin of blood detected in your waste, it helps ensure the potentially serious symptom doesn’t go unnoticed so you can get it checked out by a doctor and dealt with sooner rather than later.
