http://www.jamesdysonfoundation.com/jda/winner2008.asp
includes:
Name: Health Management Toilet (HMT)
Winner: Kugaku Sekita
Graduated: Tama Art University
Country: Japan
Kugaku was inspired by his experience in Japanese hospitals, where
there can be long waiting times to be seen for relatively minor
conditions. Waiting in an enclosed environment alongside other sick
people can often spread illness so he looked for a way in which this
could be prevented.
He also noted the increasing numbers of children with unhealthy
eating habits. He realised that going to school without eating
breakfast, avoiding healthy foods at school and never sitting down to
eat together with the family could be addressed by raising awareness
of the minerals lacking in a child's diet.
On the premise that it is possible to understand how healthy the body
is by analysing excrement, HMT was devised. By observing the smell,
colour and hardness, the user can build a picture of their health.
HMT could be used to send a daily record to the doctor enabling
advice to be given when needed.
http://www.daiwahouse.co.jp/lab/en/result/result11.html
Jonathan
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