Could bathrooms of the future be TMI?

Mirror, mirror on the wall…what is the future of tech-driven, health-monitoring bathrooms? Innovative fixtures are already used in top hospitals and hotels. Is your bathroom next?

Let’s talk mirrors first. Imagine a bathroom mirror that monitors your facial blood flow to measure blood pressure and predict heart-attack risk. Can you picture mirrors with built-in artificial intelligence that provides personalized skin care recommendations and meditation techniques to improve your mood?  

Besides cushy seats for the tush, consider toilets with built-in chemical-activated tests that detect urinary tract infections and kidney issues. A French company is already selling toilet bowl pods that determine vitamin and glucose levels plus ovulation timing that send results to an app.  

Stepping into the future of showers, soap and shampoo could be sitting on scales for automatic reorder with voice-activated controls for fine tuning the water pressure. Afterward, a water-absorbent bathmat that sends data to an app is ready to measure weight and body composition, detect posture and balance and predict neurodegenerative disease. Toothbrushes and sinks that test saliva for Covid and cancer are also in the works.

Company designers and executives claim post-pandemic wellness is driving tech-driven bathroom trends, and they predict many high-end U.S. homes could feature health-related fixtures in the next decade. So, what do you think? Exciting or TMI?

 ARTICLE: BATHROOM HEALTH MONITORS