{"id":243,"date":"2012-08-04T11:37:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T11:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notechmagazine.com\/2012\/08\/human-powered-washer-spin-dryer.html"},"modified":"2020-08-12T19:42:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:42:21","slug":"human-powered-washer-spin-dryer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2012\/08\/human-powered-washer-spin-dryer.html","title":{"rendered":"Human Powered Washer &#038; Spin Dryer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" style=\"float: right;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e8883301761700a33a970c-pi\"><img class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e0099229e8883301761700a33a970c\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Giradora foot powered washer dryer\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e8883301761700a33a970c-320wi\" alt=\"Giradora foot powered washer dryer\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/GiraDora-human-powered-washer-spin-dryer\/4519945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GiraDora<\/a> is an interesting design for a foot powered washer and dryer that costs less than $40. More <a style=\"outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90186306\/how-a-foot-powered-washing-machine-could-change-millions-of-lives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;GiraDora is a blue bucket that conceals a spinning mechanism that washes clothes and then partially dries them. It\u2019s operated by a foot pedal, while the user sits on the lid to stabilize the rapidly churning contents. Sitting alleviates lower-back pain associated with hand-washing clothes, and frees up the washer to pursue other tasks. It\u2019s portable, so it can be placed nearby a water source, or even inside on a rainy day. It reduces health risks like joint problems, skin irritation, and mold inhalation. Most importantly, it uses far less water and cleans clothes faster than conventional hand-washing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to Kaan Ozdurak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GiraDora is an interesting design for a foot powered washer and dryer that costs less than $40. More here: &#8220;GiraDora is a blue bucket that conceals a spinning mechanism that washes clothes and then partially dries them. It\u2019s operated by a foot pedal, while the user sits on the lid to stabilize the rapidly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,321,15,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4610,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/4610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}