The way that modern tech is quickly shaping all facets of our lives, we knew that it was coming, and it’s nearly here.

In an exciting development, an experimental smart toilet out of Stanford University is currently being used to identify your urine and stool for possible diseases and some forms of cancer.

The researchers from Stanford University published their study findings in the Nature Biomedical Engineering science journal. Over the course of several months, 21 participants tested out the smart toilet.

“The smart toilet is the perfect way to harness a source of data that are typically ignored, and the user doesn't have to do anything differently,” lead study researcher Sanjiv Gambhir, who is also a professor and chair of radiology at Stanford University, said in a statement.

This smart toilet is advanced enough that it can identify particular users by both their unique fingerprints and anal prints.

“The whole point is to provide precise, individualized health feedback, so we needed to make sure the toilet could discern between users,” Gambhir said in a statement. “We know it seems weird, but as it turns out, your anal print is unique.”

For the study, the actual toilet used as a basic one that was equipped with high-tech motion-sensing tools, which were attached inside the bowl. After recording videos of the user’s urine and stool, the toilet employed the use of algorithms that could determine urine stream time and volume and the viscosity level of stool samples.

Urinalysis strips were also utilized to measure the urine's white blood cell count. Moreover, they were able to detect certain protein levels that offered clues to whether the individual was indeed healthy or was suffering from a host of conditions like bladder infections and diabetes. Signs of colorectal or urologic cancers could also be detected.

The collected data from the smart toilet is then stored in a cloud-based system so that doctors can have access to them later.

Gambhir eventually wants more participants in an expanded study. Eventually, the smart toilets will need to have the ability to integrate molecular features into stool analysis.

Smart toilets are being used to track other health-related information as well. Recently, researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology announced that they had developed a toilet-based cardiovascular monitoring system, in which the toilet seat can measure your heart rate and blood pressure.

Ethen Kim Lieser is a Tech Editor who has held posts at Google, The Korea Herald, Lincoln Journal Star, AsianWeek and Arirang TV.