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A Washing Machine for Human Beings, from 1970 (www.core77.com)
20 points by surprisetalk 3 hours ago | hide | past | web | 12 comments | favorite





This should have multiple stepper sizes, and I will use the kids' settings regularly for my kids. Yes, I know the security concerns, and I will watch them, talk to them, or read a book while they are being washed.

It's the robot bath from Roujin Z, but in real life

https://youtu.be/X5i0JU_NsZU?t=464


Truly remarkable creative thinking in a way that does not exist today. This was a year after humans landed on the Moon, and I can understand the inspiration that drove the 70s.

Reminds me the early periods of personal computers.

As someone reading this while taking a shower, I'm questioning how this could be redesigned to work today. How are you supposed to use your phone if your head is sticking out?

Mount the phone on the top in front of your head. Every day alternate which arm you wash, and which one you scroll with.

How are you browsing HN in the shower?

I’d instead like to ask why! “Why is Gamora?”

How many hundreds of gallons of water for a bath, then? I didn't see that in the story.

If it works anything like a modern dishwasher, it would use less water than a normal bath or shower.

But if it worked that way (using a small amount of water over and over to clean) would be gross and unsanitary in this case. One could filter it but that costs a lot of energy and changing a filter weekly on your shower pod would not be very green.

we used to be a proper country

I can see why this didn't catch on, but on the other hand, I kinda want one.



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