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Wonder if there’s a spin cycle. Ha.

Seriously though. This should really help the elderly or those with a physical limitation.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      If they’re billing in Monero, then I have to wonder if this machine does funner things than just cleaning you.

    • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
      143·
      7 days ago

      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.

      • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        8·
        7 days ago

        It can work like jakuzi. Water pressure and rotation. Perhaps with suction. Perhaps with slow brushing.

        All kinds of machine-assisted things do much more than you can with your own effort, without getting extreme. Constant slow brushing with no danger of ripping anything out, with constant pressure and suction interchanged, for like 20 minutes without stopping (you wouldn’t clean yourself well enough for 20 minutes without stopping) and with all the expected gels and such - and you’re clean enough without much effort. Would also be economy of water, I’d expect.

        Not economy of energy, of course. But energy seems to undergo inflation in our world, while water - the opposite. So.

        EDIT: Also when I’m thinking about it, such a machine can even be made work with purely muscular effort. Like a mechanical lawn mower. Still more convenient than having to reach for every place on your back after sitting 10 hours straight behind your desk and with having a migraine.

        • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          7 days ago

          All kinds of machine-assisted things do much more than you can with your own effort, without getting extreme. Constant slow brushing with no danger of ripping anything out, with constant pressure and suction interchanged, for like 20 minutes without stopping

          This isn’t the first machine from Japan to promise these things.

          They’re not human washing machines though.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      7 days ago

      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

    • khepri@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      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

  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    7 days ago

    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.

  • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    16·
    6 days ago

    “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"

  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comEnglish
    19·
    6 days ago

    The idea of just relaxing in a pod while listening to music and getting a full body clean without any effort does sound pretty great to me. It even dries you off which is even more awesome.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    7 days ago

    These might become a thing in the US when some vapid influencer acts smug toward ‘dirty people’ who can’t afford one.