Smithsonian Magazine – This Washing Machine Could Be the Next Game-Changing Appliance.
An innovative system that uses stain-sucking plastic beads translates to big savings
When it comes to revolutionary inventions of the 20th century, electric washing machines are right up there with automobiles and personal computers. With the press of a button, a load of laundry that had once taken in excess of four hours to clean was reduced to a 40-minute automated process. Some economists have even credited the time-saving appliance with precipitating the rise of women in the workforce during the 1950s, as homemakers were suddenly freed up to take up other pursuits….. read more
