6/28/2005

Call of nature to turn into medical checkup with Japan’s smart toilet
…As one sits on Intelligence Toilet, it extends a little cup from the rim to take five cubic centimeters (0.15 fluid ounces) of urine, which is sent through a metal tube to a hidden sensor to measure sugar levels…there is also a fifth button that reads “guest”, meaning visitors who just wanted to relieve themselves can get an impromptu health check…..

These toilets are always cruel joke.
The “smart” toilets break in a couple years—-I’ve had three different Toto super toilets which have crapped out on me in less than time than it takes to take a dump. In “white goods” —stoves, refrigerators, vaccuum cleaners—- Japanese make terrible quality for the Japanese market and most wealth Japanese aspire to Euro appliances.
And the price is laughable: 380,000 and 562,000 yen , about $3,500 to $5,170 US dollars….