• About
  • Advertise
  • Contact
Monday, March 8, 2021
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
iotillinois
  • Home
  • Internet of Things
  • Security
  • WAN
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Centers
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Software
  • Home
  • Internet of Things
  • Security
  • WAN
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Centers
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Software
No Result
View All Result
iotillinois
No Result
View All Result
Home Internet of Things

Peelytics turns peeing into a way to promote products

by iotadmin
August 28, 2019
in Internet of Things
0
Peelytics turns peeing into a way to promote products
0
SHARES
15
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Not many companies would want you to pee on their product, but one at Cebit positively encourages it.

Peelytics of Heidelberg, Germany, has developed a Bluetooth beacon that detects when someone is urinating on it, and for how long. If that person has a hand free to wake up their smartphone, they can “claim” that micturition as their own using the Peelytics app, and perhaps win a prize if they peed for longest.

It’s all a game designed to encourage people to improve their aim (keeping restrooms cleaner) and to pay attention to promotional messages while in toilets in bars and clubs — areas that marketers have already identified as prime placements for advertising.

The Peelytics beacon uses temperature change, not humidity, to identify when it’s being urinated on. It does have a moisture sensor, but this serves only to signal when it has sprung a leak and needs replacing.

The device is sealed, and contains a coin-sized battery that will last for about nine months if it is targeted 10 to 15 times a day, said Tilman Boller, who is responsible for Peelytics’ sales and business development.

At music festivals, the beacons could also help the companies that rent out portable toilets to ensure they are emptied in a timely manner, Boller said. This would require two devices per toilet: One visible, to encourage users to turn on the app and upload usage data to Peelytics’ servers, and another hidden, that would use the nearby phone to report information about the level of waste in the toilet’s tank.

Peelytics encased early versions of the sensor in a soap-bar-sized silicone case, but it proved difficult to find a glue that would stick to porcelain. A newer version still in development is slimmer, essentially just a self-adhesive patch containing a flexible battery.

peelyticsPeter Sayer

Peelytics creates Bluetooth beacons that detect when they are being urinated on. Its latest version is a waterproof self-adhesive patch.

The company is working on a variation of its product containing additional sensors, such as a glucose detector. This model could be used at home to warn of medical conditions like diabetes — or perhaps that someone is pouring away your stash of Mountain Dew.

Join the Network World communities on Facebook and LinkedIn to comment on topics that are top of mind.
Free Download WordPress Themes
Premium WordPress Themes Download
Download WordPress Themes
Download Nulled WordPress Themes
download udemy paid course for free
download intex firmware
Download WordPress Themes Free
download udemy paid course for free
Tags: Peelytics turns peeing into a way to promote products
iotadmin

iotadmin

Next Post
Acoustic attack lets hackers control smartphone sensor

Acoustic attack lets hackers control smartphone sensor

Recommended

GE, Bosch and open source could bring more IoT tools

1 year ago

Qualcomm wants to bring LTE to more IoT devices

1 year ago

Buy CBD Online

  • CBD Oils
  • CBG
  • Sleep spray
  • CBD gummies
  • buy CBD oil
  • Dab pens
  • CBD Patches
  • CBD pills
  • Pet CBD
  • CBD for pain
  • CBD for sleep
  • CBD Flower
Facebook Twitter Youtube RSS

Newsletter

Subscribe our Newsletter for latest updates.

Loading

Category

  • AI
  • Careers
  • Cloud Computing
  • Connected Cars
  • Connected Vehicles
  • Data & Analytics
  • Data Centers
  • Databases
  • Development
  • Enterprise
  • Hardware
  • Healthcare
  • IIoT
  • Infrastructure
  • Internet of Things
  • IoT
  • IT Leadership
  • Manufacturing
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Oil & Gas
  • Open Source
  • Security
  • Smart Cities
  • Smart Homes
  • Software
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Technology Industry
  • Uncategorized
  • Unified Communications
  • Virtualization
  • WAN
  • Wearables

About Us

Advance IOT information site of Illinois USA

© 2019-20 iotillinois.com.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Internet of Things
  • Security
  • WAN
  • IoT
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Centers
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Software

© 2019-20 iotillinois.com.

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In