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Hamper is the Washing Machine
I fail at managing laundry. I have way too many clothes. When I am ready to wash, it’s an all day affair dragging heavy baskets to and from the washer/dryer. I’m not saying I’m too busy or lazy. I just want a simpler solution and I think designer Guopeng Liang is on to something with his iBasket concept.
It’s a hamper/washer/dryer. After you fill it up, an automatic wash and dry cycle initiates. It’s even Wi-Fi enabled to help you monitor it remotely. Once it’s finished, it’ll alert you via email or text message to your phone. Guopeng Liang doesn’t say what method of washing it uses, tho there are spillways for water so that must mean you have to be near a hose, a sink – some sort of outlet. It also doesn’t solve the problem or sorting. I wouldn’t want two separate units for colors and fabric types. But for now I’m happy knowing somewhere, sometime in the near future – my life will be one step closer to the Jetsons.
Designer: Guopeng Liang
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kilian says
i’m wondering how it behaves when spinning with 1000 rpm? are there any weights? i think there should be some
zippyflounder says
the old song dancing on the celing comes to mind LOL. I just LOVE it when designers totaly ignore all aspects of engineering and physiscs.
Collin says
not to mention water.. it needs to pump some in, the drain it out…
also there would need to be soap dispenser and if intends to dry it, there would have to be a heat element beyond just spinning..
honestly, cool concept, just make more sense out of it
ideo says
Great idea, I’ll recomand it to my girl
Washer Dryer says
This looks like a very good idea, Electrolux are coming up with quite a few innovative new machines, lets hope some of them hit the market soon
deanween8 says
terrible name imo
TH says
Have these people ever washed clothes? Do they understand how washing machines work?
Should I have separate Electrolux Hampers for dark and light colours, yet another for those sensitive textiles, perhaps one more for whites that need a hot wash? Since this bugger will start on it’s own, the laundry needs to be resorted. Or perhaps in their future all clothes will be of the same colour.
It says something about water inlets, but this should work with magic instead, because then you wouldn’t need to worry about the water ins and outs and actually keep it in your bedroom. And you’d also eliminate the need for the spin cycle and those anchors that kilian already mentioned.
If the trips to the laundry are the problem, why not just buy a washing machine? And if you prefer, you can put your dirty clothes in there directly, without leaving them around your house first. The sorting problem is still there, but maybe this is for morons.
Another way to stop the smells is to use a hamper with a lid.
Without actually talking about the washing methods and how to develop it to save energy/water, these concepts are pretty useless. There’s actual progress being made: http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1837/74/
BDub says
TH relax if this gets you so worked up maybe you should stick to sites like maytag.com or sears.com that way “concepts” wont bother you. Half the fun in concepts is thinking outside the box. So screw your whites and “senstive textiles” just enjoy the design. C’mon have fun you know you want to.
zippyflounder says
no design to enjoy, just some mental masterbation by a designer to lazy to even consider the real world aspects. He/she might as well have draw a vase and then said “just add magic pixi dust” and your threads are new.
sgel says
so concept““
it is a real product coming to market?
seem few problems in it
Reju says
One problem. Top loader? Most new washing machine are front loaders. And for a good reason. They are more efficient, quieter, and easier on clothes.
Ana says
doesn’t mean it can’t be top loader. top loaders aren’t obsolete yet
Brian says
Needs more work and research. The trend in washing machines is side loading with angled washing drums with water reducing features – this seems like it is unbalanced and wastes water.
onichon says
that thing not heavy ?
water enough ?
Seamus says
If you look at the Electrolux design labs site they say the this is designed of the “iGeneration”, whatever that means. The closest I can figure I can figure this designed along an Asian lifestyle.
Where in they commonly don’t the have/need the shear quantity of clothing that we do in the western world, so a small washer unit is perfect for that.
Also if you look at the size of the concept model in relation to a person or other objects from the challenge, you see this thing is about 30″ tall. This makes it clearly small enough to be but in a kitchen or a bathroom (where a lot of people put their hampers/ baskets at anyway) put it close enough to water and drainage sources.
someone says
what is the differences between the existing washing machine and this new idea? why is it calling “ibasket”, as users cant carry it anywhere like a basket.
I think the only difference between ibasket and the traditional washing machine is only on the “auto-start” function.
zippyflounder says
the difference is that Ibasket cannot/will not work with out “pixie dust” and other washing machines do…huge difference in my book.
KRODAMI says
Could not agree with you more ZIPPY, after reading this concept’s post I actually slammed my wacom mouse against my forehead… pretty impressive. However, it would work better if you just put the iBasket into a real washing machine, live a cartridge.
yinnie says
How is it any different that just leaving your dirty laundry IN the washing machine, eliminating the need for a basket, and just press START when the machine is full (or when you need clean clothes
)?
Conrad says
Clothes goes inside iBasket.
iBasket goes inside shower.
iBasket wifi’s with shower.
Shower provides water and drainage.
iBasket spins clothes dry.
Owner lifts iBasket out of shower and places back on charger.
lupotech says
what about the white and coloured clothes? do i need two ibasket´s to seperate them?
nafanua says
i like it, soon as it comes out i would love to try it. i know my husband lazy (wash color & whites) butt would love it!!!!!doooopppe
Will says
Surely a fitted washing machine is more practical anyway? why not have the ‘drum’ of the washing machine made to be removable and in a lightweight material? just a thought.
ukelectricals says
i love your posts, very handy
Wash says
It will not wash your clothes propaly due to the “gravity”
when something is wet in water it sinks to the bottom, it would be like putting to meny cloths in your machine they never clean proplily, so this design will have the same effect due to the gravity!!
However this design could be good for something better?
how ever came-up with the design if they had brains they would be dangerous
Steve says
It does make me chuckle that you can accuse the designers as being brainless when you can barely type a coherent sentence, can’t spell “clean”, can’t spell “properly”, can’t tell the difference between a question and a statement, don’t know the difference between “how” and “who”, think “came up” needs to be hyphenated and write a jumbled mess of a sentence like your final one.
I don’t normally pick on people for spelling and grammar errors, but I can’t resist when they’re essentially calling someone else stupid.
ladders says
wow this is really amazing..i will tell it to my hubby so that we can get one.thanks for sharing this
aircon says
this is very cute…less space..ill recommend it also to my friends..thanks for sharing.
darc says
Omg I need this so bad where can I get it? :O
Everytime I wash my clothes I have someone else do it because its soo complicated with so many buttons knowing what’s dry and what’s wash
Mallon says
the basket would need to be connected to a water, drainage & electric supply, so it would not look so neat nor be as convient as displayed. great idea though right direction.
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