Laundry

Science

NASA Wants A Washing Machine For The ISS

1:40PM December 1, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I was joking when I said this looked like a washing machine being installed on the International Space Station. Now NASA is serious about it. You know, because astronauts stink. More »


Science

Self-Cleaning Cloth Keeps Shirts Bacteria-Free With Sunlight

9:40AM October 4, 2011 | Kwame Opam

This is laundry science at work. Researchers at the University of California at Davis have developed a compound that blends into cotton clothes and, when exposed to sunlight, destroys bacteria and toxins. More »


Geek Out

Sunday Wash: Is Hot Clothes Washing A Waste Of Power?

8:30AM September 18, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Admit it. There are a bunch of you out there who still wash your clothes in hot water. Don’t worry, I’m with you. But this just in: Stop. Use cold. Washing with hot wastes money, energy, and is bad for the environment. More »


Gadgets

Panasonic’s Two-Way Iron Is Now Cordless

5:20AM September 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Ironing, I will admit, is not something I do often. Or ever. But I still appreciate the ingenuity behind Panasonic’s “both-ends-are-pointed” 360-degree iron line-up. Now, with the 360-degree Freestyle, they’ve made it a little better by making it cordless. More »


This Dryer Would Keep Your Panties Moisture-Free Using Vacuum Technology

12:20PM August 5, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

I’m disappointed that the Drymate dryer is only a concept, because I’d love to have it pretty up my laundry room while confusing people with it’s mysterious vacuum condensation technology. I’d finally want to do laundry. [Coroflot via Appliancist]


Gadgets

Brick Meets Washing Machine, This Time With Emotion

11:40AM August 5, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/1TqBSI8ZBzQ&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );

Watching that brick totally destroy that washing machine over the weekend was very amusing! Watching it totally destroy a poor little anthropomorphised washing machine will crush your heart into a million pieces. Those eyes! More »


Gadgets

Don’t Throw A Brick Into Your Washing Machine

4:30AM August 1, 2010 | Casey Chan

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/364dzVsBs2o&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );

Actually screw it, you can if you want to. Seeing a washing machine have a seizure is totally worth it. More »


Watch How Seriously The PR2 Robot Takes Its Laundry Directive

7:20AM April 2, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/gy5g33S0Gzo&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} );

Even if the PR2 is aware that other robots are out there climbing, drawing and saving lives while it’s stuck at home folding towels, it doesn’t let it on. It just goes about its business, folding away, slowly but surely. More »


Foldy The Laundry Folding Robot Is Qualified To Work At The Gap

7:40AM September 9, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Folding laundry is right up there with making the bed on the list of mundane household chores I don’t want to do. Fortunately, Foldy can fold faster than a Gap employee (but slower than Superman on laundry day). More »


Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs

8:00AM February 6, 2009 | Mark Wilson

How do you make a semi perfect product better? You add a TV, that’s how.

More »