Neat Ideas: Human Washing Machine

[MOON Ki]

• Tweet

The discussion on robots reminded me that a few years ago Sanyo was looking into resurrecting an idea it had in the 1970s ... patented, built prototypes, etc.    The idea was to do to be able to do for humans what a  "normal" washing machines does for clothes.  Didn't get far, but, with an increasingly aging population, the idea seems to be back.   Supposedly,  you would be able to throw your grandmother into one of these things, choose appropriate settings for the lady, turn the thing on, and then go off  to do other things while grandma got soaped, scrubbed, rinsed, and dried.   Massage optional.

I'm not absolutely sure, but I think this "sample" from 1999 is also from Sanyo:

[Georgesoros]

lol...

[Empedocles]

The discussion on robots reminded me that a few years ago Sanyo was looking into resurrecting an idea it had in the 1970s ... patented, built prototypes, etc.    The idea was to do to be able to do for humans what a  "normal" washing machines does for clothes.  Didn't get far, but, with an increasingly aging population, the idea seems to be back.   Supposedly,  you would be able to throw your grandmother into one of these things, choose appropriate settings for the lady, turn the thing on, and then go off  to do other things while grandma got soaped, scrubbed, rinsed, and dried.   Massage optional.

I'm not absolutely sure, but I think this "sample" from 1999 is also from Sanyo:

Must feel...interesting.

[MOON Ki]

Must feel...interesting.

Lots of neat ideas there.   Another that I like is to turn elderly (or otherwise immobile) people into semi-cyborgs. Terminator-3 types? Take a look:

[Empedocles]

Must feel...interesting.

Lots of neat ideas there.   Another that I like is to turn elderly (or otherwise immobile) people into semi-cyborgs. Terminator-3 types? Take a look:

Just as long as they're not carrying a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range. [emoji1] [emoji1]

[MOON Ki]

Just as long as they're not carrying a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range. [emoji1] [emoji1]

He, he, he ... this is a place where anything more than a pen-knife is more trouble that it's worth---samurai swords excepted,  for "religious" reasons and on no-use conditions.     Here's a sad but somewhat amusing one: A few years ago, a dead police officer was put on trial.   Charge: improper use of a firearm.   Said use: suicide.  Official justification: an example for the citizens, to reinforce the importance of adhering to the rules and regulations on the use of firearms.

American gunslingers  (Windy City Assassin), Baringo bandits (my RV friend) ... could learn something from that.   

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

The discussion on robots reminded me that a few years ago Sanyo was looking into resurrecting an idea it had in the 1970s ... patented, built prototypes, etc.    The idea was to do to be able to do for humans what a  "normal" washing machines does for clothes.  Didn't get far, but, with an increasingly aging population, the idea seems to be back.   Supposedly,  you would be able to throw your grandmother into one of these things, choose appropriate settings for the lady, turn the thing on, and then go off  to do other things while grandma got soaped, scrubbed, rinsed, and dried.   Massage optional.

I'm not absolutely sure, but I think this "sample" from 1999 is also from Sanyo:

Japan should just open its borders.  At the rate their population is growing and aging, the only thing left in the country will machines.

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

The discussion on robots reminded me that a few years ago Sanyo was looking into resurrecting an idea it had in the 1970s ... patented, built prototypes, etc.    The idea was to do to be able to do for humans what a  "normal" washing machines does for clothes.  Didn't get far, but, with an increasingly aging population, the idea seems to be back.   Supposedly,  you would be able to throw your grandmother into one of these things, choose appropriate settings for the lady, turn the thing on, and then go off  to do other things while grandma got soaped, scrubbed, rinsed, and dried.   Massage optional.

I'm not absolutely sure, but I think this "sample" from 1999 is also from Sanyo:

Must feel...interesting.

He must know intimately how a newly washed car feels.