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Forget cold-blooded plunge pools . The new flex could soon be human washing machine .
According to one of Japan’soldest newspapers , an Osaka - based shower head maker called Science has break a contraption that ’s shaped like a cockpit , sate with piddle when a swimmer sits in a seat at its center , and measure the person ’s pulse and other biological data via detector to insure the temperature is just veracious . It also “ projects images on the inside of [ its ] transparent cover to avail the person feel refreshed , ” say the exit .
dub “ Mirai Ningen Sentakuki ” ( human lavation machine of the future tense ) , the apparatus might never go on sale . Indeed , for now the company ’s plans for it seem modified to an expo in Osaka this April , where up to eight people can experience a 15 - minute - farsighted “ wash and juiceless ” each day after first booking a reservation .
Still , a home - utilisation version is reportedly also in the plant . Its design ? To “ wash the mind ” as well as the body , harmonise to early literature from the company .
