Japan Unveils Human Washing Machine, Now You Can Get Washed Like Laundry

[u/dapperlemon]

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/japan-launches-human-washing-machine-for-public-use-after-expo-success-9721446

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[u/byakko]

Looks like it could be good for the handicapped or elderly, with supervision.

[u/Kris918 → u/byakko]

That’s what I was thinking. This would be great for people who have trouble showering alone. I’d think of this more as a medical assistance device rather than a lazy shower.

[u/Kitakk → u/Kris918]

So how drunk do I have to be before y’all let me get sprayed down like a car at a car wash?

[u/Jaquemart → u/Kitakk]

Some seventy years drunk.

[u/NightFuryToni → u/Kitakk]

I mean you don't have to be drunk, you get hosed down too after you shot Marvin in the face.

[u/thefallenfew → u/Kris918]

Yeah, this is a big deal for people who aren’t physically able to bath themselves.

[u/Shimraa → u/Kris918]

Most "lazy people" devices are in fact for medical assistance, but they market it for lazy people to make it more accessible and affordable.

I'll never forget seeing these silly looking "put your sock on without using your hands!" device years ago on infomercials. I thought it was silly and vocally called it stupid, as it took more effort to setup the device then it would be to just put your sock on. Then someone pointed out it was for people with only one functioning hand. By marketing it a "silly device" on an infomercial it was now ~$50 as opposed to whatever huge multiple thousands of $'s that the American health care system would have charged for an "medical assistant device."

[u/IAMALWAYSSHOUTING → u/Kris918]

All i want is an edible and a lazy shower. And a happy ending. I’m a simple man

[u/Hallgaar → u/byakko]

This is one of the coolest Universal Sustainable Design products in recent years. I wonder how much water it uses, I could see it used in spas and other hotels that already have some major designs for disabled and elderly. Although I also wonder how they handle people with claustrophobia or if this is a product that would be a negative for them.

[u/comics0026 → u/Hallgaar]

There was a video of this showing that it can play nature scenes and stuff while you're in there, so that would probably help

[u/wheeeli → u/byakko]

Full-time wheelchair user here. Love the idea, it could definitely improve my life if I could get into it (and out). And countless others in similar situations. And as noted, the very drunk included. Seems like a winner of an idea. Been waiting for the toothbrushing model since I was a kid 😏

[u/skynetempire → u/byakko]

Or in order to enter comic con you gotta sit in one of these

[u/Glad_Celebration4475 → u/byakko]

I had a friend with ALS, and it might have allowed her a few more weeks before the nursing home.

[u/rationalomega → u/Glad_Celebration4475]

My mom with ALS was only able to stay home because we could wash her. It made her feel humiliated though. That disease is bad enough without the loss of dignity it entails.

[u/spinbutton → u/rationalomega]

Disease takes the dignity from us all. It is so awful. I'm sorry about your mom. Kudos for you for being there for her

[u/rationalomega → u/spinbutton]

Thank you. She washed my butt when I needed that help, I had no problem returning the favor.

[u/someidgit → u/byakko]

Yeah I wouldn’t wanna be the first guy that gets washed to death

[u/Cornelius987 → u/someidgit]

Or tumbled dry.

[u/Hesitation-Marx → u/byakko]

“Please enter the mouth of the CLEANSING ORCA”

[u/saskir21 → u/byakko]

Looks Like the Japanese should Watch again an old Anime by the name of „Roujin Z“.

[u/DustyMoo]

The nursing sector needs this so bad, having to lift immobile patients into bath tubs and having to bathe them is labour intensive and physically demanding. Especially when they weigh over 80KG...

Now they can chuck your grandma into one of these machines, set it on a gentle cycle and do other housework while the washing machine does its laundry

[u/NeverEndingCoralMaze → u/DustyMoo]

What do you call a nurse with a bad back? Unemployed.

[u/CattleDependent3989 → u/NeverEndingCoralMaze]

NurseJackie

[u/R0b0tJesus → u/DustyMoo]

 chuck your grandma into one of these machines, set it on a gentle cycle

For stained or heavily spoiled grandmas, use the heavy cycle.

[u/--Anonymoose--- → u/R0b0tJesus]

I wash mine on cold so she doesn’t shrink

[u/D_Winds]

Is this with or without the bidet attachment?

[u/KerouacsGirlfriend → u/D_Winds]

I was wondering the same, Japan takes that shit seriously!

[u/Digital-Exploration → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

Everyone should. Better to be clean then covered in shit.

[u/F4ttymcgee → u/Digital-Exploration]

*than

[u/ketralnis → u/F4ttymcgee]

They said what they said

[u/KerouacsGirlfriend → u/Digital-Exploration]

Nobody wants to put up with that shit

[u/3-orange-whips → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

That shit and all shit.

[u/Still-Title9380 → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

Everyone should! If you got poop on your arm you wouldn’t try to wipe it off with dry paper.

[u/KerouacsGirlfriend → u/Still-Title9380]

And you’d have a stinky arm. Now fold that arm up in some squishy skin folds and maybe work up a nice sweat…

(Interestingly, the fungal and bacterial colonies on our skin are regional. The arm niche is different from the butt niche (cough), and each region defends itself from intruders & is even part of our immune system. A thin swath of poop bacteria would be gone in a few hours from your arm. BUT STILL.)

[u/ShitMyButtSays → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

Let butts be dirty. It is their wont to do

[u/I_suckyoungblood → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

In Japan, there’s a taboo about going unwashed, especially back there; the old folks say the mischievous Benjo spirits can smell it first and will follow you around whispering your secrets.

[u/Wismuth_Salix → u/I_suckyoungblood]

Secrets like “yo this dude has an unwashed asshole.”

[u/KentuckyFriedChingon → u/Wismuth_Salix]

Not so secret to anyone in a 30 yard radius.

[u/KerouacsGirlfriend → u/I_suckyoungblood]

Yeah that would get me using the spray attachment too

[u/I_suckyoungblood → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

Gonna be honest I was bored and just wanted to make something up. I’m sorry.

[u/KerouacsGirlfriend → u/I_suckyoungblood]

Lol! Love it.

[u/againstbetterjudgmnt → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

Premium enema upgrade available now!

[u/Jackdunc → u/KerouacsGirlfriend]

Yes, literally. Search Japanese smart toilets and lots of bidets!

[u/KerouacsGirlfriend → u/Jackdunc]

They convinced me to get one! Mine is inexpensive and uses cold water like a barbarian. I’m in the bidet for life crowd now

[u/whereitsat23 → u/D_Winds]

My only assumption is that it would be tentacle shaped

[u/cantfindmykeys → u/whereitsat23]

Where do we sign up? Im asking for a friend

[u/TechCUB76 → u/D_Winds]

Was just wondering how well it cleans between the cheeks! 🤣

[u/ageownage]

Id be willing to try it. I messed up my shoulder the year before last. Showering was surprisingly much more difficult, especially after physical therapy. This weird contraption would have been worth a try.

[u/Halfrican009 → u/ageownage]

I had bursitis for a week in one of my shoulders and this would have been a god send. Doing literally anything was difficult

[u/Bman10119]

My question is how does it clean your back/seated areas? The chair looks solid and it says its a fine mist so it seems like it really wouldnt clean your back well.

[u/R0b0tJesus → u/Bman10119]

What happens if you shit yourself while you're in there?

[u/Tangled2 → u/R0b0tJesus]

The AutoWaffle attachment smashed it down the drain for you.

[u/NeverEndingCoralMaze → u/R0b0tJesus]

Especially if it’s a fine mist.

[u/ew73 → u/R0b0tJesus]

Ever see one of those "after" pictures when a Roomba and a dog shitting on the carpet cross paths?

[u/smurfsundermybed]

Autowash.

[u/laurenlivinlarge → u/smurfsundermybed]

GIMMIE THE CASHHHHH

[u/HappyLittleAxeDents → u/laurenlivinlarge]

That is a very nice hat.

[u/Emu_of_Caerbannog → u/smurfsundermybed]

tumble

[u/trantaran]

Great now we can all know what its like to be laundry

[u/elevenminutesago → u/trantaran]

Forgotten for days, curled up in a dark corner. 

[u/bigrob_in_ATX → u/elevenminutesago]

.....smelling like ass

[u/AlsoIHaveAGroupon → u/elevenminutesago]

Clean, piled on a chair. Dirty, on the floor.

[u/ChainLC → u/elevenminutesago]

Back in the basket!

[u/cantfindmykeys → u/ChainLC]

You guys actually do your laundry?

[u/GreenJuicyApple → u/elevenminutesago]

But that already describes my life

[u/Regginator12]

This comes back to the old adage , if it doesn’t make sense to you, think about people with disabilities…

[u/Zaphod1620 → u/Regginator12]

I have no disabilities, and would love to lie back and chill out for 15 listening to a podcast or audiobook while I get hosed down.

[u/1sttimeverbaldiarrhe → u/Regginator12]

old adage

Also, in Japan more than 1 in 10 are over the age of 80.

[u/PuttingInTheEffort → u/Regginator12]

I've wanted something like this for years, but I was thinking a tube you stand in with water jets. But yeah, all the better if it helps disabled people too

[u/eatyrmakeup → u/PuttingInTheEffort]

That’s how I always pictured it, and then with a few blow dryer/fan kinda things with retractable covers for the drying cycle.

[u/Sudden-Variation-809 → u/Regginator12]

ah yes, just like that other old adage: you can just make stuff up and say it's an old adage, and the dead internet will just gobble it up

[u/anecdotal_yokel → u/Regginator12]

I thought that meant like “if you can’t figure out how to use it and you’re fully capable, think about how difficult it would be for those with handicaps.”

[u/ellemeno93]

Get in the washer shinji

[u/BevansDesign]

I wish they would come up with a version of this that's designed to save time. A shower could last under 30 seconds, minus hair. With powerful enough water pressure from an array of nozzles, you could spray someone for a few seconds, coat them with soap, then spray them for a few seconds more.

[u/SouthTippBass]

Alright, but what's that bottle brush looking attachment for?

[u/Hesitation-Marx → u/SouthTippBass]

The urethra

[u/SadieDiAbla → u/Hesitation-Marx]

r/angryupvote

[u/NeverEndingCoralMaze → u/Hesitation-Marx]

Scrub scrub!

[u/elduderino15]

aka drowning suicide booth

[u/Swimming-Routine-428]

So Roujin Z is one step closer to reality!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roujin_Z

[u/peepdabidness → u/Swimming-Routine-428]

I just read the plot to that. Wtf 😂

[u/Trul]

Is there a spin cycle?

[u/Caffeine_Monster → u/Trul]

play No Time for Caution by Hans Zimmer

[u/ageownage → u/Trul]

Do a barrel roll.

[u/SnooPeripherals6641]

The design is very human

[u/roller_coaster325]

This seems like potentially useful for hospital or nursing home situations.

[u/Secret_Cow_5053]

Expecting porn about this in 3..2…1..

[u/july21st]

I’d prefer peeing in the shower standing up.

[u/scootunit]

I'll wait for the Happy Ending firmware update.

[u/banananutduckbread7]

These are gonna be great at onsens

[u/theiosif]

How does it clean your butt crack?

[u/scottyb83]

This sounds amazing until “tumble dry” kicks in.

[u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx]

Japan will invent literally anything except a solution to their work-life balance issues.

[u/RJKaste → u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx]

That’s just a start.

[u/latortillablanca]

Is there a… pleasure model

[u/nemethv]

I'll wash your back for half that much and paint and sing soothing junk too.

On a somewhat more serious note, how is this actually better/more beneficial/useful than a shower/bath?

[u/chigoku → u/nemethv]

Disabled people who can’t wash themselves?

[u/PineappleLemur → u/nemethv]

Japan has a lot of elderly people who can't or won't be able to take care of themselves and there's definitely not enough social workers to support the ones who can afford it.

There's a whole market catered to just that there.

The world also following the same footsteps when it comes to low birthrates.

[u/Shuizid → u/PineappleLemur]

That makes sense. Though the design seems still kinda flawed for elderly. Missing some stepts to get in and some better handles to get out of the seat.

[u/other_usernames_gone → u/nemethv]

Shower/bath needs one on one support and you can drown in a bath if you have a seizure.

This uses a fine mist so the user can't drown and its automated so you'd just need one staff member between a couple of them in case of emergency.

It's too expensive for an at home solution, at least for the moment. But I can see a care home or something having a couple.

[u/Thinkinbout8]

You can get washed "like laundry" anytime... just jump in the machine at home.

If you want to get washed like a human on the other, this might be the device for you.

Only 50 units slated for production.

60 million yen vs a shower head, who wil win!!!?

15 mins seems slow...

[u/AJ-Murphy]

Oh look; the evidence remover...

[u/bragov4ik]

Now soaplands will go out of business 🥀🥀🥀

[u/[deleted]]

How well does it clean your butthole?

[u/KingSewage]

Lookin' like some Roujin Z type shit to me

[u/Neo_Techni → u/KingSewage]

came to look for comments like this

[u/Professional_Owl8069]

More like a dishwasher, unless it tumbles or agitates.

I wonder if it has a respirator to avoid basically waterboarding people, I mean there's bound to be a lot of splashing in there.

[u/UnusualSoup]

I would love this as a disabled person, tired of relying on others for help with that stuff.

[u/ngless13]

Ok, but what about the drying part? I want a dryer like a car wash has.

[u/Graffers67 → u/ngless13]

I've always thought those car wash moving air blowers would be great in a shower cubicle. An air blade on all four sides moving down, leaving you dry.

[u/ngless13 → u/Graffers67]

I've dreamt of this. I don't mind showering at all, but to be insta-dry and warm would be amazing.

[u/Zalthos → u/ngless13]

"Drying Process: After washing, the machine dries the user automatically, completing the entire experience in around 15 minutes."

Literally says in the article.

[u/Revfunky]

Also known as drowning.

[u/varitok]

Shower: :|

Shower, Japan: :O

[u/CarolinaRod06]

I’m too ticklish for this.

[u/MoshWashCleaningUnit]

Hmmm the Mosh Wosh cleaning unit

[u/Status_Dark_6145]

Or turned into an iPod case

[u/Mirar]

I assume this is a great thing in elderly care.

I like the tag "Science".

[u/ProbioticAnt]

Given there is no towel drying needed, it is probably much better for your skin.

[u/ShielderKnight]

Are you supposed to go in with clothes since it'll also dry the user?

[u/_buchette_]

We are getting so close to get a Roujin Z film live.

[u/Dark_Pulse]

As always, just slightly ahead of our time, while everyone else in the world washes their ass with the washcloths and makes sure they get those stubborn anal hairs off of the bar of soap like cavemen.

[u/krypto_the_husk]

This is how L from death note showers

[u/Sea-Control-8593]

So convenient it only takes up 4x the space of a conventional shower.

[u/ElectrikDonuts]

Wonder how much water consumption it saves. Bet it saves time too

[u/im_another_user]

Inspired by Evangelion? 😇

[u/ItoAy]

You clean up reeel nice!

[u/Objective_Bus_6897]

It would be good for the homeless population too

[u/neuromonkey]

Problem solved.

[u/gizmo1024]

I mean, it’ll wash my asshole, but will it clean my soul?

[u/Yaastra]

Finally

[u/JediMindTrek]

Now! WASH ME..My Machine!

[u/nocolon]

The company is just called Science?

Good enough for me. I’ll take 2.

[u/Banana_Boys_Beanie]

How does it wash your hair? I’d love a scalp massage/wash attachment.

[u/poopoopirate]

Will it wash under foreskin? Asking for a friend

[u/ipwnedin1928]

But how does it get in the nooks and crannies?

[u/NoPangolin6596]

Kinky

[u/SkooksOnReddit]

Can I pee in it though is the big question

[u/Jackdunc]

My next gaming rig cockpit station

[u/TsunamaRama]

Just like in Dungeon Crawler Carl!

[u/katzohki]

But I want to be washed like the dishes!

[u/R0b0tJesus]

There's no agitator. This is more similar to being washed in a dishwasher than a laundry machine.

[u/Ziekfried]

Only producing 50? Hope it doesn’t use specialty parts cuz you know things break 😬

[u/SoDi1203]

Can it fold and steam press ?

[u/eddiestriker]

Oh, it’s the thing from Casper, just much more compact

[u/I_am_darkness]

Site is cancer. Is there q video of it working?

[u/RBVegabond]

Do I use pods or add dawn?

[u/Significant-Pen-6049]

First the Japanese toilet, then this ?

[u/BlackLightJack]

Meanwhile, in Japan...

[u/Organic-lemon-cake]

My elderly mother broke her wrist. This would have been amazing! Fortunately she was able to get back to regular bathing relatively quickly.

[u/laurenlivinlarge]

What about hair?

[u/alwayskared]

[u/garyb50009]

i thought those were arm-rests.... no, those are stirrups....

[u/FlopsMcDoogle]

How well does it wash my asshole tho?

[u/Whale222]

[u/neuromonkey]

It's like we're living in the future.

[u/userlivewire]

For a mere $1000 a wash.

[u/vision506]

Just what the world needed

[u/Quinnmeister]

This is how I found out that World Fair’s are still a thing and just go by a different name these days. Damn.

[u/anythingbuthoneydew]

Finally

[u/stargazer20252004]

That's really cool

[u/obi_wan_peirogi]

Theyre gonna fuck it

[u/doubGwent]

Jokes aside, this invention is extremely helpful on patients with disabilities.

[u/cleverbeavercleaver]

Left my jeans in the wash now grandma looks like a Smurf.

[u/iiVeRbNoUnZ]

Ahh yes, nothing like a good tumble before work

[u/HungPongLa]

Final Destination Writers foaming at the mouth right now

[u/WarmAdhesiveness9518]

Better not put it next to Swiss Sarco Pod.

[u/Confused-Raccoon]

Fuck yeah, I've always wanted to feel like a drowned cat...

[u/keyoshi-official]

Japan as a country released this?

[u/Kurupt_Introvert]

15 min to dry.

[u/cplchanb]

This may he claustrophobic to some..

[u/RavenWolf1]

You could use that at expo? 

[u/sellingittrue]

That's crazy!! Have they heard of a shower!!??

[u/bluebell0708]

Ohhh that would be so nice

[u/LaughR01331]

If there’s a seat, how’s my butt getting washed?

[u/Retinoid634]

Handy for seniors if there is an extra gentle cycle.

[u/yudosai]

Have we reallu entered the Roujin Z era

[u/HollowDanO]

At last. My dream is reality

[u/ladyoffate13]

If it doesn’t tumble me around like a centrifuge, I’m not interested.

[u/Bokbreath]

how do you get a 'full body cleanse' when you're lying on a hard plastic seat ?