Is the future of health care a flush away? Vik Kashyap, the founder and CEO of Toi Labs, might argue yes.
“After working alongside scientists in Silicon Valley on a number of businesses, I became obsessed with the notion that the future of health care is going to be in the home. To that end, the toilet is going to be the most important medical product in our future,” he says. With bells and whistles like heated seats and motion-sensing lids, smart toilets have grown in popularity as of late, but Toi Labs’ TrueLoo is doing something no others on the market are (yet): They’re specifically designed to monitor health based on the bowl’s, ahem, contents, which could be instrumental for preventative care.