The bathroom is a crucial part of our daily routine, but it’s often overlooked when it comes to integrating technology. However, with the rise of smart homes and the Internet of Things (IoT), the concept of the intelligent bathroom is quickly becoming a reality. In other words, your bathroom could become your personal health hub. A place where you can track your health data and receive real-time feedback on your overall well-being.
Actually, it’s a no-brainer. In the bathroom, you see yourself naked in the mirror, weigh yourself, take care of your skin, bathe and shower. Where else in the house is the best place to take care of your health?
In this blog, we’ll explore the idea of an intelligent bathroom that incorporates sensors to measure health data, connects with your smartwatch, overviews your hormonal cycle and provide features like an AI-supported camera that scans your body for skin cancer and you blood pressure.
Sensor-Based Health Monitoring
One of the key features of intelligent bathrooms is the use of sensors to measure health data. From body weight to body composition, these sensors can provide accurate and real-time feedback on your physical health. For example, a scale with a built-in sensor can measure your weight and body fat percentage or cameras that measure your skin health and cardiovascular health via blood pressure measurement.
Smart Mirror with Health Data Display
In addition to sensors, intelligent bathrooms also feature a smart mirror that displays your health data in real-time. By connecting to your smartwatch or other wearable device, the mirror can show your daily steps, heart rate, hormonal cycle and other health metrics. This provides an easy and convenient way to track your progress towards your health goals.
The mirror becomes a kind of AI health dashboard.
Do we have to be afraid of the smart bathroom?
Will all our data, however intimate, become transparent? Certainly yes! Of course we don’t want naked pictures of ourselves to end up on the internet. But data security is of course an incredibly important topic in general.Possibilities could be automatic filters that make our face or intimate region unrecognisable, like the filters we know from video conferences. And yes, such sensitive bodily data should ideally remain on a local server in the house.
In summary, the Internet of Things also offers many new possibilities in the bathroom. The bathroom as a health hub to prevent illnesses or to better treat chronic diseases. We are excited to see what will happen next!
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