Minority Report-style headsets and AI pet interpreters are also among the futuristic inventions set to transform our lives next year, according to a report by Lightbringer Augmented reality tech like in Minority Report could be coming next year (Image: CBS via Getty Images)

Smart toilets, Minority Report-style headsets and AI pet interpreters are among science-fiction-like inventions set to transform our lives in 2026, a new study shows.

The analysis of patents filed this year gives a snapshot of forthcoming technology, which also includes a mobile 3D printer and a “perfume particle booster”.

But perhaps not to be sniffed at is a new smart toilet that picks up where TV diet expert Gillian McKeith left off in TV show You Are What You Eat with her controversial analysis of g

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