14 DAY TRIAL // There are plenty of downright bizarre gadgets and gizmos out there, but the absolute wackiest of the bunch must surely be this device that promises to give you a heads-up about 10 minutes before to have to visit the loo to, well, poop.
As detailed in the video below, the wearable device goes by the name of D Free. It is the brainchild of a California-based Japanese startup dubbed Triple W and it is especially designed to closely monitor and even predict bowel movements.
So, how does D Free work?
The wearable device's creators explain that D Free is fitted with a whole lot of sensors whose job is to keep tabs on what a person's intestines are up to. More precisely, these sensors serve to detect signs of swelling in the bowels.
The device is supposed to be attached to a person's abdomen, directly onto the skin. Whenever it pins down sings of swelling, it lets its wearer know that they will soon have to use a bathroom, via an app that it connects to.
Having submitted D Free to a series of tests, Triple W found that it can predict bathroom visits about 10 minutes before they absolutely have to happen. The device also keeps records of such occurrences and uses the information to become more efficient.
Not such a crazy idea after all
Some might be tempted to think that only somebody who has one too many screws loose in their brain would ever consider designing and developing such a device. Still, the fact of the matter is that D Free was not created for perfectly healthy individuals.
Instead, Triple W imagines this device being used by elderly people and by guys or gals whose poor health makes going to the bathroom an ordeal. Folks who can only take scheduled breaks at work might also take a liking to this device.
The trouble is that, for the time being at least, this rather peculiar wearable device is not available to the public. This is because Japanese startup Triple W is yet to obtain the funds it needs to start producing such devices on a large scale, Oddity Central explains.
The company hopes that, with the help of crowdfunding sites, it will soon have enough money to begin manufacturing work. In fact, Triple W hopes D Free will officially launch in the US this coming May and in Japan before the year is over, in December.
