Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
Several futuristic urinals have recently begun popping up in China to help people better manage their health through automated monitoring and analysis of urine. These smart toilets have been rolled out in public men's restrooms in major Chinese cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai.
According to the New York Post, these urinals quickly and accurately test urine on-site for just 20 yuan, which equals about $2.76.
( Some public restrooms in China now have high-tech health checking urinals.Reddit)
Shanghai-based documentary director Christian Petersen-Clausen posted about the innovative find in a now-viral X thread, noting, “A private company is offering the urine analysis for RMB 20. Naturally I tried that out.”
In the thread Petersen-Clausen brushed off privacy concerns, saying he hasn’t had a health check in a while and was “more worried about knowing everything is OK and the convenience is unbeatable.”
Petersen-Clausen wrote alongside photos of the high-tech machine, which shows a man peeing into the urinal along with an explanation written in Mandarin.
His results, which said he lacked Calcium, were “otherwise unremarkable,” he said.
(The futuristic urinals can check urine for a variety of health markers.Christian Petersen-Clausen/X)
Petersen-Clausen later stumbled upon another health-checking urinal and took a second test, which reported his Calcium levels had gotten better.
“The company seems to be installing them all over China and given how important early detection of health issues is I think this is quite good,” he said.
Petersen-Clausen also shared a translated image showing that the machine tests for things including Vitamin C, Creatinine, white blood cells, glucose and more.
(Here is a translated image showing what they all test for)
According to the Bastille Post, similar high-tech urinals have been found across China in many high-speed service areas like shopping malls.
(A disclaimer on the machine warns users to still seek medical help if necessary.Rui Ma/X)
Ref: This Futuristic Public Toilet In China Analyses Your Urine To Measure Health (nypost)
