The initial shock comes from the contrast, and it is because of something that looks like a futuristic bathtub, but operates as a scientific device calibrated to understand the user in real time. After the impact it generated at the Osaka Kansai expo, the Japanese company Science began to commercially produce the Mirai the Mirai, the so-called futuristic human washing machine.

Only 50 units were manufactured, each sold locally for 60 million yen, the result of 6 years of development, the capsule works as a biomonitored environment, a sensor on the back captures and other signals and reorganizes the entire bathroom according to the physical and emotional state of the person.

The internal walls project personalized images while the flow of water is continuously adjusted, creating a space designed for both hygiene and deep relaxation. The system combines music, microbubbles and thermal control to build an experience that distances itself from any domestic reference.

The link with the past helps to understand the ambition, the legendary human washing machine presented by Sanyo at the 1970 Expo remains frozen in the Panasonic museum in Osaka, a retrofuturist icon, the current version maintains only a visual memory of that prototype and advances towards an unprecedented technology based on ultra-fine microbubbles capable of adhering to positively charged organic matter and removing it from the pores.

Invisible to the human eye, these bubbles rise a few centimeters per minute to the surface, leaving the skin fresh as after a complete exfoliation. The interior of the capsule reinforces the functional design. They are 2.5 m long, two meters high and one meter wide. The user reclines, closes the lid, starts the cycle, Washing with microbubbles, visual stimuli, music and if desired, automatic drying.

The entire process lasts around 15 minutes, designed so that the person leaves ready to get dressed. Science describes the system as an attempt to purify not only the body, but the mind and cites the possibility of future adaptation. for the sector of people with disabilities.