Shampoo Robots

Whirpool bath? Check. Heated tiles? Check. Shampoo robot? Yep, that’s right. Tricked-out bathrooms may soon include mechanized hair-washers. “Some salons already have them,” says trend forecaster and beauty “futurologist” Jeanine Recckio. “You lean your head back into a basin equipped with nozzles that wash your hair and massage your scalp. There’s even a spin-dry.” (Ouch! It’s actually just circulating hot air, though, no spinning.) The current incarnations of the machines, which are made in Japan, are too bulky—and pricey—for home bathrooms, “but in 10 years…who knows?” says Recckio. “Not very long ago you’d probably see a GPS only in a cockpit; now we have then in our cars. —

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