Human washing machine uses AI to hose down your filthy body because people are now too lazy to shower

Thought the Japanese toilet was advanced? Japanese showerhead firm Science Co.has put the “pod” in “Tide pod” after inventing an AI-powered “washing machine of the future” that is purported to give people the ultimate bath.“We’re about 70% there,” said company Chairman Yasuaki Aoyama while discussing when the device will be available at a lecture at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion in late October, Japanese publication Ashahi Shimbun reported.Dubbed the “Mirai Ningen Sentakuki,” the cutting-edge shower capsule is completely enclosed like a hygiene-based cryogenic chamber and takes just 15 minutes to wash and dry the user.After the user steps into the center seat, the transparent cockpit-like contraption fills partway with water, as demonstrated in a viral YouTube video.

Sensors embedded in the seat then measure the person’s pulse and other biological metrics to make sure the user is bathed at the ideal temperature.They’re then blasted by highspeed water jets harboring 3-micrometer-wide air bubbles, the Daily Mail reported.When those pop, they produce a small but powerful pressure wave that scours grime from the skin — the same process used to clean electrical components that can’t be washed with chemicals.Just like so many things nowadays from smartphones to restaurants, the wash pod offers far more than its primary function.

In this case, an innovative artificial intelligence system AI analyzes the aforementioned biomarkers to see if the customer is calm or excited and then projects a specially chosen video onto the plastic pod’s interior to calm their nerves.As a result, the user receives a psychological deep-clean to go with the physical one, the company claims.This technology might seem cutting-edge, but it’s actually a case of rinse and repeat: It’s based on a machine exhibited at the 1970 Japan World Exposition by the Sanyo Electric Co., now Panasonic Holdings Corp.That tech, dubbed the Ultrasonic Bath, also filled with wa...