# Smart Bathroom Mats CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree Mateo Monitors Weight & Posture By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2020-01-08 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mateo References: [businesswire](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200105005051/en) & [mateo.ai](http://www.mateo.ai) Mateo turns the task of stepping onto a scale to measure one's weight an unnecessary part of time spent in the bathroom, as it is a Smart Bathroom Mat that automatically captures meaningful health data. The Smart Bath Mat was recognized as a CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree and is currently on display at the conference for the first time ever. The Smart Bathroom Mat looks is as plush as any standard cloth mat and doesn't give away the fact that it boasts the ability to capture data on one's [weight, posture and body composition](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/careco-fisica). After collecting a myriad of information with medical-grade pressure sensing technology, Mateo sends data to a companion app that makes information on everything from [hydration and balance](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/medi-water-ai-20) to muscles and bones easy to understand. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.5/10 - Popularity: 38% | Activity: 87% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Smart-bathroom-mats-as-health-monitoring-tools:** The development of smart bathroom mats as health monitoring tools show a trend in the merging of technology and healthcare, creating disruptive innovation opportunities for personal wellness and remote healthcare diagnosis. - **Medical-grade-sensing-technology-for-consumer-use:** The use of medical-grade sensing technology for consumer products is a trend that may lead to wider accessibility of healthcare diagnostics and monitoring, creating disruptive innovation opportunities for healthcare providers and product developers. - **Companion-apps-for-interpreting-health-data:** The trend of companion apps for interpreting health data may lead to more personalized and user-friendly health management tools, creating disruptive innovation opportunities for healthtech companies and app developers. ### Who This Affects Most - **Healthcare:** The healthcare industry may benefit from the trend of smart bathroom mats as health monitoring tools, creating disruptive innovation opportunities for telehealth, remote monitoring, and preventative medicine. - **Consumer Electronics:** The development of smart bathroom mats using medical-grade sensing technology creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the consumer electronics industry to diversify their products into the healthcare sector. - **App Development:** The trend of companion apps for interpreting health data creates disruptive innovation opportunities for app developers to create user-friendly and personalized health management tools for consumers and healthcare providers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Smart Health Scales](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/withings-body-scan-2.md) - [Smart-Designed Body Scales](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smartdesigned-body-scale.md) - [Cartoon-Themed Smart Bath Mats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/issin.md) - [Intelligent Fitness Companions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wisemat.md) - [Smart Monitoring Toilets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vovo-neo.md) - [Advanced Body-Scanning Mirrors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/omnia-1.md) - [At-Home Health Scanners](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/withings-body-scan.md) - [Smart Home Scales](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/actofit-smart-scale-home.md) - [Smart Mattress Toppers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pepaminto-mattress-topper.md)