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dredmorbius on Sept 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: What does a kilowatt hour look like?

The GiraDora is a pedel-powered washing machine: http://inhabitat.com/human-powered-giradora-washer-needs-no-...

There are other concepts which are more bike-like: http://webseriesnetwork.com/photo/pedal-power-washing-machin...

agumonkey on Sept 24, 2016 [–]

I've seen similar things in Africa were people just attached bikes and drums together. Didn't have hot water though. For cold water + soap washing it's clearly a win.

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