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INDEX Awards: Waterless Washing Machine

Airwash Waterless Washing Machine

This thing really gets me excited about the future. Just look at this thing! Nicely curved and covered in blue lights, simply beautiful.

Even cooler than it’s design is what it does, this washing machine cleans clothes without the use of water & detergent. It uses “negative ions and compressed air”. Well I’m not sure exactly how it works, but it’s cleaning up at the award shows.

Not available for purchase yet as far as I know, but definitely something to keep an eye on!

A waterless washing machine that removes stains from garments within a few minutes, without the use of detergents. The AirWash, which won the ElectroLux Design Lab 2005 Award, uses negative ions, compressed air and deodorants to clean clothes; the form was inspired by the waterfall, which just so happens to be nature’s own negative ion factory. It can be used for cleaning garments of all kinds, though the judges took special note of AirWash’s potential to make convential, eco-superfreaky dry cleaning obsolete. AirWash also stands to help save lots on energy costs and water consumption, and has lots of potential for places without ready access to clean water.

via INDEX Awards via Treehugger

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