Just a few weeks in the past, toilet and plumbing firm Kohler debuted the Dekoda, a well being and wellness sensor that lives in your bathroom bowl and information indicators of your intestine well being and hydration. Now, Withings has launched the U-Scan. First proven at CES in 2023, the U-Scan additionally sits inside the bathroom bowl. A thermal sensor detects when a recent, er, pattern is being deposited. The U-Scan takes a small pattern and analyzes it on-site with miniature biochemical sensors inside an interchangeable cartridge.
There are two separate U-Scans. U-Scan Nutrio analyzes your food regimen, checking for biomarkers like bio-acidity, hydration standing, and ketone ranges, which reveals that you simply’ve began burning physique fats as a substitute of sugar. U-Scan Calci additionally checks for calcium, which is an indication that you simply might need kidney stones. Outcomes are then transmitted by way of Wi-Fi to the Withings app.
The cartridges are replaceable, and the sensor comes with a docking station to wash and recharge the sensor. Buying the U-Scan comes with a complimentary subscription to Withings+, the corporate’s upgraded app, which additionally features a free session with a nutritionist.
The U-Scan packages begin at $380, which comes with one U-Scan, both Nutrio or Calci, one cartridge, and two to 4 scans weekly (every cartridge lasts about 2.5 months). For extra intensive monitoring, the Intensive bundle contains two cartridges for 5 to seven weekly measurements. Alternative cartridges are $100 for one cartridge or $180 for 2, and Withings sends you the cartridge mechanically relying on which bundle you choose. The U-Scan is now out there at Withings.com. We’ll be testing it quickly. —Adrienne So
Samsung Brings Its Browser to Home windows, and Teases a Trifold Cellphone
Samsung has lengthy supplied its personal browser on its smartphones—Samsung Web—however now the app is lastly out there on one other platform: Home windows. Contemplating Samsung makes Home windows laptops and Android telephones, this transfer permits of us who use the corporate’s browser to share their shopping historical past and bookmarks between cellphone and laptop computer, and you probably have saved passwords with Samsung Move, you need to use it to autofill passwords on web sites.
The corporate is taking this chance to convey some Galaxy AI options over as nicely, together with Looking Help, which helps you to immediately summarize webpages or translate them to a different language. Samsung says its browser additionally blocks third-party internet trackers, and there is a Privateness Dashboard that allows you to see what has been blocked.
Samsung Web for PC is barely out there as a beta proper now, however anybody within the US or South Korea on Home windows 11 or Home windows 10 (model 1809 and above) can obtain it now.
