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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.

  • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
    60·
    11 days ago

    Looks like those assisted suicide pods. I can imagine a mixup during a sitcom leading to shenanigans.

  • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
    24·
    11 days ago

    I mean judo is the art of folding clothes while people are still wearing them, why not wash them first.

  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    11 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.

  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comEnglish
    20·
    10 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.

  • HertzDentalBarEnglish
    16·
    10 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"

    • khepri@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 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

  • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    11 days ago

    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.

    • HertzDentalBarEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      Good luck, these days most Bathhouses only have old men with big fat arms.

        • HertzDentalBarEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          I’m making a joke mostly but really if you google "gay bathhouse insert city you may find what you want.

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

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

  • bassad@jlai.luEnglish
    6·
    10 days ago

    If it works like the washing machine in Gattaca, there is a neat risk that it doesn’t end well.

    I recommand to watch this -now old- movie by the way

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      Kinda muddy on the idea behind the showers. I read somewhere that they weren’t really about killing the occupant, but it was suggested that it might be a reference to the furnaces used in the Nazi death camps in WW2 and the eugenics associated with the Nazis.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 days ago

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