This solar clothes washer was made by 2nd year art students from the École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence (France). The challenge was to make a DIY washing machine using only materials available in the sahara. The prototype shown above uses bicycle parts (the tires and wheel), bamboo, and a solar panel connected directly to a recycled electric motor (from a photocopier).
The Open Source Washing Machine project was created by France Cadet, Jean-Noël Montagné and Jean-Pierre Mandon at the École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence. Three machines were designed by the 2nd-year students over a three-day period.
Here’s a short video and photos. More about the project at oswash.org.
I’m looking at the machine right now and trying to resist the urge to do my laundry in the school’s patio :)
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March 17th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
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March 18th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
[...] theme, I came across an interesting open source hardware project on the OpenMaterials website. Yesterday’s OpenMaterials post by Catarina Mota highlights the Open Source Washing Machine Project, which, in its words, “aims to rethink the [...]
March 18th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
The open source washing machine project…
This solar clothes washer was made by 2nd year art students from the École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence (France). The challenge was to make a DIY washing machine using only materials available in the sahara. The prototype shown above uses b…
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:20 am
[...] The OSWash project seeks to develop different technologies for different climates and societal contexts. For instance, one country might have plentiful fresh water but less sunlight, whereas another environment might put water recycling at the top of the list of needs. Part of the problem is that many solutions that are cheap by our standards (for instance, using a Freeduino-based controller) still make the system too expensive for areas that could truly use a DIY washing machine. [via openMaterials] [...]
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:10 pm
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March 22nd, 2010 at 6:37 pm
[...] of 2nd year École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence art students in France. Dubbed the Open Source Washing Machine, it makes use of a solar panel, bamboo, old bicycle parts, and a motor from an old photocopier. It [...]
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