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[–] 35 points 11 months ago (10 children)

not only washes your body but also your soul

$450,000

My bathtub does that too for a fraction of that price

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    This isn't meant for your house. From TFA:

    A hotel in Osaka bought the first machine and is preparing to offer the service to hotel guests, the spokeswoman said.

    Other customers include Yamada Denki, a major consumer electronics retail chain in Japan, which hopes the machine will draw people to visit its outlets, she said.

    “Because part of the appeal of this machine is rarity, we plan to produce only about 50 units,” Ms Maekura said.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Ew... a reusable human waste pod

    At least in a shower of the hotel, gravity is my friend

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I mean isn't every shower, bath, and toilet a reusable human waste pod

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    yes but in a shower your only contact with a surface is the sole of your feet, easily covered with flip flops (this is why I said gravity was my friend)

    In this you are literally seating naked where someone else sat naked. I am sure they'll sanitize it but I just would hate it.

    I am certain the end game for this one is to assist people with disabilities or the elderly though which is certainly more dignified than being washed like a dog at the groomers

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago*

    These would be incredibly useful in scenarios where someone might otherwise require assistance when bathing.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Half a million bucks to have a machine was your ass

    Or...

    Wash your own ass in the shower/tub you likely already have and not spend half a million bucks

    Hmmmm

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    That price does not make any sense whatsoever. It's clearly having a 10000% markup for the rich people while there is no competition

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not so sure... I could see a huge legitimate price range depending on its features, speed, and effectiveness. Consider the engineering difference between Billy-Bob's "it squirts you with a hose" versus something that would clean even the body-surfacr you are reating on, and wash your face & eyelids without getting water in your nose & eyes.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    We just finished building a huge (automated, with robotic hand) candle manufacturing machine with over 3000 molds, 8500pcs/hour, the thing is massive, modern, with multiple computers, hundreds of sensors, motors, etc. The whole thing is bigger than my house. It was cheaper than buying this bath

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Whole it could provide some premium features (I'm imagining more like massage type features), the equivalent of 400 thousand USD seems near impossible to see that much value. Maybe 40 thousand for a luxury item for rich people could work more.

    It's just a limited run publicity stunt that will be forgotten within a few weeks.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Was anyone else tripped up by the picture shown in that article? To me it looks as though it's a miniature version of the device, but I can't quite put my finger on why that is.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Without the spin? Now they've lost me.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I assumed this was going to be a solution to Japan's problems of an increasingly elderly population combined with a refusal to increase immigration.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I...kinda want this.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I thought we had already invented that one. In two separate version. The first was the bathtub and the revised one being the shower booth.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    These should be available at LANs.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    These should be available mandatory at LANs.

    FTFY

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Thing looks like a suicide pod, and drowning is one of my biggest fears. This thing also costs about as much as my house I'm still paying off. I am not the target demographic for this.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Ehm.... So they reinvented the bathtub, with a lid and music? So they made single piece design which couldn't break down into a tech heavy smart device prone to errors and breaking down? OK 🤷

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago
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    Machine from prelude to foundation.

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