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What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

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    cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/799722447799273696

    What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

    Smart watches and fitness bands can be cumbersome and unstylish. Instead of wearing one of these devices, why not put them in an ingestible package? From inside of you, it could probably track more health metrics than from a wrist worn platform. When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

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      cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/799722447799273696

      What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

      Smart watches and fitness bands can be cumbersome and unstylish. Instead of wearing one of these devices, why not put them in an ingestible package? From inside of you, it could probably track more health metrics than from a wrist worn platform. When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

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      I mean, the major issue there is "toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module." That is gonna be a huge expenditure for even one toilet in-home, and you're not always at home when nature calls.

      I think it'd be more feasible for the health tracking device to embed itself in your stomach or intestines somewhere so that it just doesn't pass through, notwithstanding all the sanitation issues that arise from trying to implant something internally where all your food/waste passes through.

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        cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/799722447799273696

        What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

        Smart watches and fitness bands can be cumbersome and unstylish. Instead of wearing one of these devices, why not put them in an ingestible package? From inside of you, it could probably track more health metrics than from a wrist worn platform. When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

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        There is this, but thats for looking around in your stomache and digestive tract. Still very cool tho.

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          cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/799722447799273696

          What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

          Smart watches and fitness bands can be cumbersome and unstylish. Instead of wearing one of these devices, why not put them in an ingestible package? From inside of you, it could probably track more health metrics than from a wrist worn platform. When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

          #CompanyTime

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          When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

          I am absolutely not swallowing one of those more than once.

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            When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

            I am absolutely not swallowing one of those more than once.

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            yet you're likely drinking treated water for a sewage based water treatment plant and eating grain based foods with allowable percentages of fecal matter and insect chunks. lol

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              There is this, but thats for looking around in your stomache and digestive tract. Still very cool tho.

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              Yeah, let's just put some more sensors on it.

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                When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

                I am absolutely not swallowing one of those more than once.

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                A spray of hot water and some UV out to do the trick. Think about the planet.

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                  I mean, the major issue there is "toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module." That is gonna be a huge expenditure for even one toilet in-home, and you're not always at home when nature calls.

                  I think it'd be more feasible for the health tracking device to embed itself in your stomach or intestines somewhere so that it just doesn't pass through, notwithstanding all the sanitation issues that arise from trying to implant something internally where all your food/waste passes through.

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                  Maybe it could be a little robot with treads like a tank, always creeping against the direction of peristalsis.

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                  • crimedad@lemmy.crimedad.workC [email protected]

                    A spray of hot water and some UV out to do the trick. Think about the planet.

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                    If you thought about the planet you wouldn't be using smart devices at all, especially not completely unnecessary ones.

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                      cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/799722447799273696

                      What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

                      Smart watches and fitness bands can be cumbersome and unstylish. Instead of wearing one of these devices, why not put them in an ingestible package? From inside of you, it could probably track more health metrics than from a wrist worn platform. When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

                      #CompanyTime

                      @[email protected]

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                      These are being developed by a Dutch company: https://www.oneplanetresearch.com/innovation/ingestibles-for-gut-health/

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                      • ngnius@lemmy.caN [email protected]

                        If you thought about the planet you wouldn't be using smart devices at all, especially not completely unnecessary ones.

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                        It's called harm-reduction.

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                        • crimedad@lemmy.crimedad.workC [email protected]

                          cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/799722447799273696

                          What if there was a health tracking device that you swallow?

                          Smart watches and fitness bands can be cumbersome and unstylish. Instead of wearing one of these devices, why not put them in an ingestible package? From inside of you, it could probably track more health metrics than from a wrist worn platform. When it gets to the end of your digestive track, you would just take a seat on a toilet equipped with an automatic cleaning and recovery module. Or, all of the devices could be collected for refurbishment at the water treatment plant.

                          #CompanyTime

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                          how come this image loaded from the right to left?

                          it was almost reminiscent of dialup internet, I kinda loved it (once I got over the annoyance of it not being loaded)

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                            how come this image loaded from the right to left?

                            it was almost reminiscent of dialup internet, I kinda loved it (once I got over the annoyance of it not being loaded)

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                            Probably because it is hosted on an old PC over a not so fast internet connection.

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