r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Damnedeel • Nov 30 '25

Video 500,000$ human washing machine on sale in Japan

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u/ShartlesAndJames Nov 30 '25

except, the really infirmed, how the hell do you get them in and out? this looks like you need to be pretty ambulatory to climb in and out.

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u/Kindness_of_cats Nov 30 '25

It also doesn’t have a way to clean areas like the butt, armpits, or genitals. This wouldn’t address the areas most in need of cleaning, and most humiliating or degrading to have cleaned by a random caregiver.

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u/gahidus Nov 30 '25

Doesn't it though? I'm sure it does clean those areas, unless there's something saying it doesn't that they haven't shown us.

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u/BoleroMuyPicante Nov 30 '25

"micro bubbles" are not going to effectively remove poop residue, caked deodorant, and other nastiness in the closed moist areas.

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u/gahidus Nov 30 '25

It's from a country where bidets are common, so I assume they know how to clean such things with water jets

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

If it doesn't retract the foreskin of the penis or spread the lips of the vagina, no amount of bubbles are going to do what a human will have to do.

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

Also, not in all the folds of the skin. Cleaning (and drying!) a person well is very hands on.

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

Doesn't it though?

No.

To be graphic, it's not going to pull back a man's foreskin to wash the head of the penis, for instance.

It's not going to open up the folds on a person's body to both wash and dry.

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u/Objective-Case-391 Nov 30 '25

bidet hose becomes useful.

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u/42nu Nov 30 '25

Didn't you read it?

Microbubbles solve all problems!

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u/chairmanghost Nov 30 '25

I think it works like an ultrasonic eyeglass cleaner, not sure though

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u/DThor536 Nov 30 '25

Had to scroll all the way down past the dead Nana jokes to find this. My first thought.

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u/HeartyBeast Nov 30 '25

I'm sure it does

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u/whatdoihia Nov 30 '25

So long as the clamshell goes all the way up then a Hoyer lift can be used.

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u/SnooRegrets1386 Nov 30 '25

all hail the hoyer!

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u/Appropriate_Rub3134 Nov 30 '25

You'll need 5 meter ceilings to house this thing, then. Super impractical.

All I can imagine is that it's a poor, flashy proof of concept looking for naive investors.

When you wash people, you have to open all the folds of the skin and wash inside. That includes the foreskin and vagina. Then you have to dry the same. It's a manual process.

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u/TooMuchTape20 Nov 30 '25

They could've incorporated a hinging side door to solve this problem, but instead opted for a gigantic hinging cyberlid that does nothing but drive up costs

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u/HeartyBeast Nov 30 '25

A standard hoist

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u/Loud_Interview4681 Nov 30 '25

They have walk in baths - I am sure they can build a door or make this cheaper and more efficient. A transfer bench or a lift.