Dispatches
Writing and field notes from the bathroom health ecosystem — essays, interviews, briefings, and on-the-ground reports from people building this category.
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Why the window is narrow
Health data categories don't stay open for long. What happens if shared language isn't built before capital consolidates — and what to do about it.
What the pilot taught us
Notes from a neighbourhood-scale pilot testing interoperability between bathroom sensors and clinical health records.
Whose data is it, really?
An analysis of data ownership models in health tech — and what a genuinely sovereign architecture for bathroom health would look like.
The investors who get it
Not all capital is equal. What aligned investment looks like in a category where data governance determines whether the thing works at all.
BHOS in Tokyo at Sivans' Old School? — Smart School! event
A public launch and a press conversation, attended by researchers and operators from the wider field. Notes from the room, with context on what the launch signals for everyday bathroom health — and what questions remain open.
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