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January 4, 2023 01:00 am

Withings wants you to pee on its latest device




Render of the Withings U-Scan and app screenshots
The U-Scan is a noninvasive urinalysis test that you stick in your toilet. | Image: Withings



Withings is generally known for its sleek smartwatches, but it also shows up at CES each year with ambitious health gadgets. Last year, it was a smart scale that could also take EKGs and segmented body composition readings. This year, it’s the U-Scan, an at-home, hands-free “urine lab” that you stick in your toilet.


Yes, you read that correctly.


The U-Scan consists of two parts: a reader and a replaceable cartridge. The reader itself is the part you pee on, while the cartridge is inside. It has a thermal sensor to differentiate between pee and toilet water as well as low-energy radars to detect who is urinating by identifying the movement and distance of your individual urine stream. In other words, the U-Scan only works with one person...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23537085/withings-u-scan-urinalysis-health-ces-2023

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