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Japan Unveils Human Washing Machine, Now You Can Get Washed Like Laundry (www.ndtv.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Sunflier@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Wonder if there's a spin cycle. Ha.

Seriously though. This should really help the elderly or those with a physical limitation.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I’m honestly shocked Japan didn’t make something like this way back in the 1980s.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago

modern revival of a similar invention featured at the 1970 Osaka Expo

[–] khepri@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This actually seems like the kind of nonsense that gets "invented" once a decade or so. There's just no way this is humanity's very first crack at "washing machine but it does people" lol