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.
Withings wants you to pee on its latest device
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 per reader. As for the actual mechanics of how to pee on the thing, Withings CEO Mathieu Letombe says all you have to do is pee normally — but onto the device instead of directly into the water. There’s nothing you have to do to activate it, and there are enough tests in the cartridges for about one test per day. Once the reader detects you’re peeing, it uses a microfluidic circuit to take a small sample. The rest then gets dumped and the whole thing gets “cleaned” when you flush.
It sounds relatively simple, but Withings is very serious about pee and developing the technology so you don’t have to risk touching that pee. It took four years and 13 patents, but you don’t have to do anything until it’s time to recharge the reader or switch out cartridges. (By the way, the reader charges by USB-C.) According to the product sheet, it also comes with a pair of gloves and a cleansing agent.
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23537085/withings-u-scan-urinalysis-health-ces-2023
Withings wants you to pee on its latest deviceWithings wants you to pee on its latest device
Withings wants you to pee on its latest device
Withings wants you to pee on its latest device
Withings wants you to pee on its latest device
Withings wants you to pee on its latest device
Withings wants you to pee on its latest deviceWithings wants you to pee on its latest device
Withings wants you to pee on its latest device
