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Japanese showerhead firm Science Co. has put the “pod” in Tide Pod after inventing an AI-powered “washing machine of the future” that’s ready to give people the best bath ever.
“We’re about 70% there,” company President Yasuaki Aoyama said at a lecture at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion in late October, discussing when the device would be available. Japanese publication Asahi Shimbun reported.
The state-of-the-art shower capsule called “Mirai Ningen Sentaku” is completely enclosed like a hygiene-based cryogenic chamber and takes only 15 minutes to wash and dry the user.
After the user steps onto the center seat, the transparent cockpit-like device is partially filled with water, As shown in a viral YouTube video.
Sensors embedded in the seat measure the person’s pulse and other biological metrics to ensure the user is bathed at the ideal temperature.
They are then blasted by a highspeed water jet producing 3-micrometer wide air bubbles, Daily Mail reported.
When they burst, they generate a small but powerful pressure wave that dislodges dirt from the skin – the same process used to clean electrical components that cannot be washed with chemicals.
Just like many things are done with smartphones these days For restaurants, The wash pod provides much more than its primary function.
In this case, an innovative artificial intelligence system AI analyzes the above biomarkers to see if the customer is calm or excited and then projects a specially chosen video onto the interior of the plastic pod to calm their nerves. Does.
The company claims that as a result, the user receives a psychological deep-cleanse to go along with the physical.
The technology may seem cutting-edge, but it’s really a case of rinse and repeat: It’s based on a machine demonstrated at the 1970 Japan World Exposition by Sanyo Electric Co., now Panasonic Holdings Corp.
That technology, called an ultrasonic bath, fills a bath with water as the user climbs in, then releases plastic balls along with ultrasound waves to massage the bather’s body.
While the device never took off, Aoyama – who was waiting in line to take a shower at the time as a fourth grader – was inspired to create his own automated people scrubber.
“I get excited thinking about what the future will be like,” said the Bathtub Boss. “We will offer a new human washing machine as a legacy of the 1970 Expo.”
Like its predecessor, they plan to showcase the Mirai Ningen Sentakuki at Expo 2025 in Osaka in April, where 1,000 people will get to experience the state-of-the-art scrubber.
The company is already accepting reservations for the automated bathtub on its website.
But don’t worry if you can’t get to Osaka to try it out — the company plans to launch a domestic version in the future.
