Washing Machine

If you have to wash for a large family, LG's 11kg washing machine that fits in a standard 24-inch cabinet should appeal.

Meet the 2009 finalists in the Electrolux Design Lab competition and an overview of their submissions.

The Laundry POD is a prototype portable, hand-powered washing machine - eco-friendly and perfect for delicate items, “in between” and small loads, camping and traveling.

Read on to meet six devices (of varying usefulness) that use Twitter to communicate with their human overlords.

The Electrolux Sunny front loader washing machine uses water heated by solar energy so you can wash in hot water without turning on the heating element.

This new top loader from Electrolux delivers water savings of up to up to 7,800 liters (over 2000 gallons) per year by sensing the load size and only supplying the exact amount of water needed to wash and rinse.

Hydromatic's new energy saving technology targets one of the biggest energy guzzling appliances found in the home - the clothes dryer - reducing energy consumption by up to 50% and cutting clothes-drying time by up to 41%.

May 9, 2007 If your washing machines often makes more noise than mating walruses, you’ll be pleased to hear that at long last there’s a solution for the vibrat

April 23, 2006 The electric-powered clothes washing machine was invented less than 100 years ago. Before that time, was the washboard (now better known as a mu

February 16, 2006 If there’s one aspect of daily life that has changed little in the last 50 years it is the washing of clothes. Clothes must be washed, then d

November 2, 2004 A new Air Jet Dry system from Hitachi not only washes clothes - but dries them as well, all in the one compact machine. Ideal for ever-increas

Sanyo has announced it will begin marketing a washing machine which does not require washing powder or soap of any kind. The machine cleans the clothes by combi