A smart-toilet that can detect signs of various diseases in faeces and urine has been built by scientists. 

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The gadget fits inside a regular porcelain toilet bowl and uses cameras, test strips and sensors to identify warning signs of up to ten diseases including cancer, diabetes and heart disease.  

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The technology uses a combination of fingerprint scanning on the flush lever and photographic images of the anus to differentiate between users when sitting down. 

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Data from the tests is deposited into a secure cloud server for analysis, according to the team who built the tool at Stanford University.