In the interest of conserving energy, water and shame, the Eco-Navi washer uses light-activated sensors to detect your icky-sticky-eugh-so-disgusting stains and adjusts the wash cycles accordingly. What’s really dirty about the whole thing though is the appliance’s price: $US3000. More »
British inventors have designed a washing machine that takes eco-friendliness to a new level: it uses just a single cup of water to wash a load of clothes. Instead of water the Xeros machine uses thousands of special plastic chips (about 44 pounds’ worth) in each wash, and when that single cup of water is heated, these chips absorb the dirt—including tricky stuff like coffee and lipstick. The chips are removed when the wash ends, and can be reused up to 100 times. Though it’s still in prototyping, the inventors are intending to commercialise their machine, and it may even hit the shops next year for a price similar to conventional machines. [Daily Mail]
Spring segueing into summer means degree shows, when students show off their, frankly, outtahere-lunatic creations. So, without further ado, let’s go to the Centre de Design at the University of Quebec in Montreal, where we have an innovative wall-hung dishwasher, or dishwasheur, as it’s probably called.
Designed for electronic giant Candy and Italian business organisation La Fucina, the Tian Chi washing machine introduces an element of fun to the daily grind of household chores, A spring-loaded trap door in the top means that you can play basketball with your dirty clothes every washday. Unlike me, Carlo Casagrande and Yu Wenhou Ben are obviously no fans of household chores, but that’s because they don’t have Jesus doing the laundry in nothing but a loincloth and high heels. [Yanko]
