Did you think Japanese toilets are advanced?
Japanese shower head company Science has invented an AI-powered “washing machine of the future” that it claims will provide people with the ultimate bathing experience, and has adopted its “pod” into the Tide Pod.
“We're about 70% of the way there,” company chairman Yasuaki Aoyama said at a lecture held at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion in late October, when discussing the device's release date. Asahi Shimbun reported.
Dubbed the “Future Human Washer,” this state-of-the-art shower capsule is completely sealed like a hygiene-based cryogenic chamber and takes just 15 minutes to wash and dry the user.
When a user climbs into the middle seat, a transparent cockpit-like device fills halfway with water. As demonstrated in a viral YouTube video.
Sensors embedded in the seat measure a person's pulse and other biological indicators to ensure the user is bathing at the ideal temperature.
It is then sprayed with a high-velocity water jet containing 3 micrometer wide air bubbles. The Daily Mail reported.
When they pop, they create small but powerful pressure waves that wash away dirt from your skin. This is the same process used to clean electrical parts that cannot be cleaned with chemicals.
Like many things today, from smartphones to restaurants, wash pods offer much more than what they're supposed to do.
In this case, the innovative artificial intelligence system AI analyzes the aforementioned biomarkers to see if the customer is calm or excited, and projects a specially selected video inside the plastic pod to check the customer's nerves. calm down.
As a result, the company claims that users receive not only physical cleansing but also psychological cleansing.
While this technology may seem state-of-the-art, it's really just rinse and repeat. This technology is based on a machine exhibited by Sanyo Electric (now Panasonic Holdings) at the 1970 Japan World's Fair.
The technology, called an “ultrasonic bath,” also fills with water when the user enters, and emits ultrasonic waves and plastic balls that massage the bather's body.
The device never caught on, but Aoyama, a fourth-grader at the time who was waiting in line to take a bath, got the idea to create his own automatic human-washing device.
“I got excited thinking about what the future holds,” said the bathtub leader. “As a legacy of the 1970 World Expo, we present a new human washing machine.”
Like the previous work, “Future Human Sentuki'' is scheduled to be exhibited at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka in April, where 1,000 people will be able to experience the cutting-edge scrubber.
The company is already accepting reservations for the automatic bathtubs on its website.
However, there's no need to worry if you can't fly to Osaka. The company plans to debut a home version in the future.
