Wonder if there’s a spin cycle. Ha.
Seriously though. This should really help the elderly or those with a physical limitation.
It sounds nice, but I think this is a wash.
Ha! I see what you did there.
“According to company spokeswoman Sachiko Maekura, the new machine not only cleans the body but also “washes the soul,” using sensors to monitor the user’s heartbeat and vital signs throughout the process”
Corpo speak for " People kept drowning so we added sensors"
This sounds fun tbh.
Please step into the Science to be cleansed, human
§cience
Wcgw?
Looks like those assisted suicide pods. I can imagine a mixup during a sitcom leading to shenanigans.
Heyyyy! Who switched the labels on the pods?
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Now who’s going to clean up Gene?
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And explain it to his family?
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Rob, can you show up to Gene’s wedding pretending to be him while we figure this out?
Weekend at Gene’s
I Dream Of Geney
Just put Gene in the washing pod right next door.
Gene Gene Death Machine
All I wanted was a slow painful death.
Saw the YT video for this a while back (~15 mins) and thought it mostly a nostalgic throwback to the stuff we saw or hoped for in the 80s and 90s. If “how can we charge rent for this?” hadn’t come along and destroyed innovation, anyway.
It seems more like a proof of concept, as it just fills soapy water up past the seal line, shows progress and wildlife scenes on screen (which will definitely be used to advertise at you eventually), sprays your face and other bits above the water line, drains, and then blow dries you. You’d still need to scrub, and wash your back, butt, etc.
I was kind of hoping for one of those sonic/pulsing water/jet-wash/scrubbing shower things you see in SF. This isn’t it.
But it is great that some companies are still innovating. It’s been a while.
I wanna try it
You ever seen those videos where the car washing machine accidentally rips off a door or windshield wiper. Imagine that’s your dick being ripped off. I’ll pass on machine washing my bits. I’m not lazy or brave enough for electric washing.
I’m honestly shocked Japan didn’t make something like this way back in the 1980s.
Should’ve looked up on the interwebs before doubting the glorious nation. 💢
In 1970, a peculiar invention made waves at the Japan World Exposition, a world’s fair devoted to “Progress and Harmony for Mankind.” The Ultrasonic Bath, created by Sanyo Electric Co.—the modern Panasonic Holdings Corp—was described as a “human washing machine,” and symbolized the future of hygiene. While it never took off commercially, the invention was stuck in the mind of a fourth-grader named Yasuaki Aoyama. Fast forward more than half a century, and the company he now leads has given this concept another try.
https://mymodernmet.com/human-washing-machine-science-co/
https://www.core77.com/posts/134471/A-Washing-Machine-for-Human-Beings-from-1970
modern revival of a similar invention featured at the 1970 Osaka Expo
This actually seems like the kind of nonsense that gets “invented” once a decade or so. There’s just no way this is humanity’s very first crack at “washing machine but it does people” lol
I have been looking for a bathhouse with an old lady with big fat arms that can rub me down and clean me with a brush and sponge for ages. I am willing to pay top dollar to get cleaned. Just put me in a bucket of water and clean me, woman.
Good luck, these days most Bathhouses only have old men with big fat arms.
I’ll take it! Which bathhouses? Where do I find them?
I’m making a joke mostly but really if you google "gay bathhouse insert city you may find what you want.
“The user lies down…”
How does it wash your back?
They actually sit down, so they’d probably just lean forward.
OK. How does it wash your ass?
Just seems like a lot of downside for a $350,000 device that can barely do the job of a shower.
Built in bidet?
These might become a thing in the US when some vapid influencer acts smug toward ‘dirty people’ who can’t afford one.
Solving a non-existent problem. Excellent!
OP has a point though:
Seriously though. This should really help the elderly or those with a physical limitation.
And possibly even depressed people, too
So a car wash?
Wonder if this is what showering in space would look like.
