Without a wife or girlfriend around to keep me in line, my laundry pile tends to build to frightening proportions before it receives the attention it deserves. So perhaps I need a washing machine that can work without needing my input.
A finalist in Electrolux's 2008 Design Lab competition, the iBasket doubles as a big laundry hamper, that will start cleaning automatically once the weight of the clothing reaches a predetermined point. Designed by Guopeng Liang at China's Tongji University, the iBasket has a WiFi link that lets you control the machine from your computer, and sends you a message when the cleaning is complete. That all sounds pretty good, although it looks like the iBasket would take up plenty of precious space in my Manhattan apartment. Perhaps Liang should think about an under sink version.
Electrolux Design lab, via Born Rich
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By bdaul at 5:38 PM ON 08/23/08
Single people...we finally can see ... the lite...lite load that is.
By coprohead at 11:23 PM ON 08/23/08
how does the laundry get from my chair to the iBasket?
By ITrush at 2:16 AM ON 08/24/08
Looks like we can now do the laundry at the same time surf the net right. Hmm, cool. I really thought it's just a plain garbage bin to me LOL.
By bighead at 4:11 PM ON 08/25/08
ITRUSH, why would you want to wash the garbage?
By dancesonsnow at 4:38 PM ON 08/25/08
Does it dry the clothes too? Or do I now have to tote a huge pile of WET laundry down to my apartment complex's laundry room?
By ghosty191 at 1:25 PM ON 08/27/08
What I can see is a lot of pink underwear in the future. Guys like to throw all sorts of colors in one hamper, and without sorting and separating, one has only to imagine the outcome if a red shirt ends up in the mix with the white skivies and T's.
By sweetweb at 9:33 PM ON 08/28/08
Hopefully this product can get built so I would never have to do laundry again!
If you think this is an awesome or lame invention vote here: http://www.ratemyideas.com/story.php?title=iBasket_laundry_basket_of_the_future_also_washes