With the aim to develop alternative, economical washing technologies that work in different climatic and cultural tendencies of the countries worldwide, students at the École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence of France, came up with “Open Source Washing Machine Project”. The prototype is prepared using bicycle parts (the tires and wheel), bamboo, and a solar panel connected directly to a recycled electric motor. It’s a DIY solar powered washer that sucks juice from the Sun to help you do the laundry in environment friendly way.
From their official site:
The open source washing machine project aims to rethink the way we wash clothes around the world, in accordance with economical, sociological, cultural and environmental aspects. Most of the people in this planet, mostly women, wash clothes by hand in harsh conditions related to poverty, lack of sanitation, water or energy.
Via: PSFK
