Intelligence Toilet: Designed to check your health, it also fits comfortably into residential spaces. The measurement log can be accessed at the toilet as well as by personal computer (prototype not available for purchase). With the ability to check measurement data over two-and six-week cycles, the panel can show the expected date of a woman’s next period.12FEATURE A Society with Health and Longevityapan has the longest-living population the world, with some 42% of the population predicted to be 60 or older by 2050. [1]Japan has thus recently focused on becoming a that encourages people to live healthier lives as they age. The key is health in society Display panelBody weight measurementThe scale installed on the floor measures body weight.Body temperature, glycosuria level, and urine temperature measurementThe measurements are taken instantly, simply by urinating into the shining urine collector. It enables routine measurements during an ordinary day.Using toilets as health monitors and detecting illnesses early from a single strand of hair—such advances show promise for the future of Japan and the worldmanagement diagnostic technologies that are indispensable for heading off diseases before they strike. Unprecedented concepts are being researched and developed to perform those tasks in a painless, relaxed way. One example is a new toilet Blood pressure measurementA wireless version, which takes measurements at the wrist, is easy to handle.and being developed, through a process of trial and error, by TOTO, a company that entered the field in the early 1990’s, setting the goal of health management at the toilet. In 2005, in collaboration with a housing manufacturer Daiwa House Industry, it unveiled an “Intelligence Toilet” able to measure urine sugar, blood pressure, body fat, and body weight, and designed for an average home. Since then, it has developed a model that measures body mass index (BMI) and urine temperature (indicative of the body’s core temperature), which enables a woman to predict her period and ovulation days. Sales have already ended, but its DNA has been passed down. Currently, TOTO is selling the FlowSky uroflowmetry, aimed at medical institutions, and capable of measuring the volumetric flow rate of urine during urination, which are important parameters for diagnosing lower urinary tract symptoms. “Our research is guided by the idea that data about the body obtained during toilet visits is useful for a healthful and meaningful active life,” says Michihiko Torio, manager of the Medical Equipment Business Promotion Section at TOTO. Optimistic about the future of health management by toilet Monitoring Healthin Everyday LifeJ
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