Stanford's Smart Toilet (@Arirang News)


Your toilet just got smarter...and a little creepier.
Researchers at Stanford have created an "smart toilet" that can detect changes in your...bodily functions.
But that's not all - it also scans a rather intimate area for identification purposes.
Yes, this toilet literally takes your anal print as a unique biometric ID!
So tell me, are you brave enough to let this brilliant/horrifying invention ID your rear end? Toilet tech has never been so wildly invasive!

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