HUMAN WAHSING MACHINES
March 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIE
TO cater for Japan's increasingly old and frail population, electronics giant Sanyo is marketing an automated human washing machine. The user sits in a chair that is rolled backward into place then the machine's sides fold up like a clamshell, enclosing the bather, whose head sticks out of the top. The machine releases soap then launches wash and soak cycles. It sells for around US$50,000.
*http://sanyo.com
TO cater for Japan's increasingly old and frail population, electronics giant Sanyo is marketing an automated human washing machine. The user sits in a chair that is rolled backward into place then the machine's sides fold up like a clamshell, enclosing the bather, whose head sticks out of the top. The machine releases soap then launches wash and soak cycles. It sells for around US$50,000.
*http://sanyo.com
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