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For only R52 a pee, you can now have your urine analysed for any potential health issues at one of China’s new futuristic public urinals. That’s considerably less than Mediclinic charges you for a cup of piddle.

These clever urinals have recently begun popping up in China to help people better manage their health through automated monitoring and analysis of urine.

The ‘smart toilets’ have been rolled out in public men’s restrooms in major Chinese cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, and can quickly and accurately test urine on-site for just 20 yuan, which equals about R52.

Shanghai-based documentary director Christian Petersen-Clausen shared a photo of one such urinal and shared his experience in a Twitter thread. He wrote, ”Recently Health Checking Urinals have begun popping up in Men’s restrooms all over Shanghai. A private company is offering the urine analysis for RMB 20. Naturally, I tried that out.”

”The whole process is about as easy as one might think. I paid my fee via WeChat and before I even made it down the escalator had my results,” he further wrote, while sharing photos of the high-tech machine, which shows a man peeing into the urinal along with an explanation written in Mandarin.

Recently Health Checking Urinals have begun popping up in Men’s restrooms all over Shanghai.

A private company is offering the urine analysis for RMB 20. Naturally I tried that out.

Here’s how that went. pic.twitter.com/1enzII4b7E

— Christian Petersen-Clausen (@chris__pc) April 22, 2024

His results, which said he lacked Calcium, were ”otherwise unremarkable,” he said.

After a few days, he tumbled over another of these urinals and did another test. ”Apparently, I had been drinking enough milk by then. The tests seem to be rather comprehensive as well,” he wrote, informing users that his Calcium levels had gotten better.

Petersen-Clausen says the company has been installing them all over China, and although it may not replace a visit to a doctor completely, it could be a very handy ‘early detection’ device, similar to Apple Watches – which is reportedly even helping people pre-empt heart attacks.

Does anyone else get an Idiocracy vibe from this?

[source:ndtv]