[Noisebridge-discuss] Safety

[Thomas Stowe]

I don't know how much you guys know about poo, but I know more than what
I've found to be the usual limited amount of knowledge that people generally
have.

If I recall correctly, there are such devices out there but they mainly
monitor weight of masses moved rather than anything chemical. Analysis of
poo weight and content can be noted being done with those patients with
serious illness like Crohn's disease Irritable Bowel Diseases (ulcerative
colitis, etc) and and colostomy bags fitted to monitor their condition. A
universal-analyzing toilet would be great in a space station or a moon
colony as a standard for every toilet because people need to be monitored
very closely and disease identified very quickly as there's a limited amount
of personnel up there to help and it takes time to get from there back down
to earth to see a full-fledged expert (doctor, clinician) related to some
conditions. I'm sure it would work to help one see how your body is impacted
by some foods. I have a friend that I haven't been in touch with recently
who has Crohn's disease and he described to me the frequency that his poo
was analyzed.

Aside...

I studied zero order drug kinetics in regards to a few substances and had to
figure out base systems such as kidneys, what passes into your blood from
where, why bilirubin makes your pee yellow (and is also what colors bile
yellowish) as well as what's digestable and what's not.

Another note is that cellulose isn't digestable to passes right out, which
is why you often see gum and some identifiable things (corn, leaves) in
fecal matter.


On that note, I'd like to give you all this link:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/146199/understanding_the_various_colors_of.html?cat=5

<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/146199/understanding_the_various_colors_of.html?cat=5>
:P

Thomas

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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:

> Well when compared to percent error on most biometrics used today it's
> definitely acceptably unique.  But that's more of an enditement of biometric
> technology in general.
>
> It is fascinating to me for sure.  What I have been tempted to try to build
> is an automated fecal sample / analysis toilet.  Would be great for health
> checkups.  Walk in and hand your doctor last three months of stool metrics.
> Or setup alerts.
>
> it would be a concievably great asset.
>
> On Sep 20, 2010 1:38 PM, "Glen Jarvis" <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Actually bowels bacteria are usually fairly unique.
> >>
> >> It would be a pretty acceptable metric by which to authenticate someone.
> >>
> >>
> > There's a whole bunch of meta-genomic work that is going on in this
> field.
> > It's fascinating. I can share what I know about the bioinformatics of
> doing
> > such a thing if you're interested.
> >
> > We cannot, unfortunately, yet say that it's a pretty acceptable metric by
> > which to authenticate someone. Or, at least, I haven't seen that yet. If
> > there is a paper on such a thing, it would be *real* interesting to read.
> >
> > I know.. I know.. you were joking. But, there is a whole area that this
> is
> > really *really* being researched and interesting... (And, not just
> samples
> > from the gut -- ocean floor, etc. too).
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > Glen
> > --
> > Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it;
> > boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it.
> >
> > -- Goethe
>
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