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Digitized Hygiene

Seeking efficiency, consumers turn to high-tech health regimes

Implications - Adding efficiency to everyday routine, consumers are turning to technological enhancements to make hygienic activities more adaptable. Using touchscreen features and apps to transform routine activities into more interactive experiences, these high-tech hygiene products speak to a desire to digitize their day to day lives.
Trend Themes
1. Hygiene Digitized - Consumers are turning to technological enhancements to make routine activities more interactive and efficient, such as app-controlled power toothbrushes or sanitation-alerting wristbands.
2. Smart Bathrooms - From Bluetooth-enabled gadgets like bathtubs and mirrors, to high-tech toilet paper holders and touchless toilet flushers, there is a growing trend towards making the bathroom experience more tech-savvy.
3. Smart Home Integration - The increasing popularity of hi-tech home devices like smart thermostats and security cameras is likely encouraging the growth of smart, interactive devices for the bathroom.
Industry Implications
1. Healthtech - Hygiene digitization through products like the Hyginex bracelet and app-controlled toothbrushes shows potential for innovation in the healthcare and medical industries.
2. Home Decor - The increasing presence of high-tech gadgets in the bathroom presents new opportunities for the home decor industry to integrate smart devices into their designs.
3. Consumer Electronics - As more bathroom gadgets incorporate smart technology and app integration, the consumer electronics industry stands to benefit from the increase in demand for these products.
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Featured Examples

Smart Toilet Paper Holders
Smart Toilet Paper Holders
The RollScout Sends an Alert When People are Low on Bathroom Tissues
As simple an act as replacing toilet paper rolls may be, it looks like people really could benefit from something like this smart toilet paper holder. Dubbed RollScout, it is a hi-tech alternative... MORE
App-Controlled Power Toothbrushes
App-Controlled Power Toothbrushes
The Kalibree is Causing a Stir At CES 2014
The Kalibree is the world’s first smart connected electric toothbrush that can be controlled from your smartphone. It connects through Bluetooth wirelessly to indicate your brushing patterns. The... MORE
play_circle_filledApp-Enabled Mirrors
App-Enabled Mirrors
The iMirror Lets You Do Your Makeup While Checking Emails
Getting ready to go to work in the morning will never be the same if the iMirror goes from concept to reality. POSH View, a Canadian company based in Calgary, has created an interactive mirror... MORE
Sanitation-Alerting Wristbands
Sanitation-Alerting Wristbands
The Hyginex Bracelet Monitors Hand-Washing in Medical Environments
While it may be assumed that medical staff are on their A game when it comes to sanitizing their hands on a regular basis, the Hyginex Bracelet shows that many of them require a prompt to do so. The... MORE
Touchless Toilet Flushers
Touchless Toilet Flushers
The Kohler Touchless Toilet Uses Hand Sensors to Flush
This Kohler touchless toilet automatically flushes when users place their hand over the sensor. This innovative toilet design will help keep bathrooms cleaner, improve health and keep bacteria at... MORE
play_circle_filledBluetooth-Enabled Bathtubs
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Kaldewei's Sound Wave System Immerses You in Your Favorite Music
John Lewis recently partnered up with Kaldewei to create a bathtub run by Bluetooth; with Kaldewei’s Sound Wave system, you can literally transform your own bathtub into a sound system and... MORE

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