Waterless Laundry Machine

This story is about a month old, but I love the concept. It's called an Airwash and uses no water or detergents and can be placed in any room oof a home.

From the CNN.com article:

Clothing is placed on a rack, which slides inside the device.

"It's a bit like a car wash," Tan told CNN. "The clothing goes on a rack which is placed inside the machine. The clothing then gets a good blast. It's a substitute for taking items to the dry cleaner."

He said the cleaning process was much gentler on clothes than conventional methods, and was particularly useful for expensive clothing that could lose its shape and color through washing with water and detergents.

By using atmospheric air and negative ions, a natural cleansing agent, it fights dirt and bacteria with nature's own weapon, he said.

The Airwash cleans one piece of clothing at a time, with each item taking between three and 12 minutes to complete the process.

"In a poetic sense, we are using nature's weapons, nature's cleansing agents, to solve a problem," Tan said.

Kudos to the inventors Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua from the National university of Singapore.

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