Comments on: About http://www.oswash.org free and low-cost alternatives to hand washing Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: arun ramakrishnan http://www.oswash.org/#comment-6051 arun ramakrishnan Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:51:38 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-6051 I love it. This is awesome.

]]> By: MikeM http://www.oswash.org/#comment-6050 MikeM Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:45:50 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-6050 Maybe you guys would be interested in this Australian wireless washing machine, http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4311221162_71c855cafb_o.jpg

]]> By: Rob Fish http://www.oswash.org/#comment-6049 Rob Fish Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:22:22 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-6049 In his book “Travels with Charlie,” the author (and Nobel Laureate) John Steinbeck describes a washing machine he put together in the back of his truck as he was traveling. If my memory serves me, it was a garbage can with some water and soap in it, suspended between bungee, (that is, rubberized elastic) cords. As the truck rattled down the road, the vehicles shaking was translated into agitation of the garbage can. This proved to be very effective at cleaning the clothes within. Needless to say, it is also a pretty cheap solution.

Best,

-Rob

]]> By: Jelle Dijkstra http://www.oswash.org/#comment-6020 Jelle Dijkstra Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:23:09 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-6020 I found a picture of the device which of course should be made of some more environment-friendly material:
http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?sref=http%3A//www.google.nl/m/search%3Fq%3DTupperware+wasemmer&url=http%3A//huis-inrichting.marktplaats.nl/keuken-tupperware/331702229-tupperware-wasemmer-reuze-emmer-nieuw.html%3Fxref%3D1

]]> By: Jelle Dijkstra http://www.oswash.org/#comment-6019 Jelle Dijkstra Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:50:57 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-6019 My wife told me that her sister used a large round tupperware box. She used it being on vacation in the early seventies. She put the clothes and some washing powder in the box and shaked it some time. The dirt went from the fabric into the water.

]]> By: Stamatis Skoutas http://www.oswash.org/#comment-5936 Stamatis Skoutas Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:15:01 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-5936 Dear friends, if you have any paper about “open source washing machine project” please submit to the http://www.petrae.org and come to Samos island to meet new friends and researchers.

Best Regards

Dr Stamatis Skoutas
M.D and Sailor

]]> By: Lloyd Burris http://www.oswash.org/#comment-4947 Lloyd Burris Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:41:53 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-4947 Here is a very good schematic for a utra-sonic cleaner. Good luck.
http://members.misty.com/don/samschem.htm#schahv5

]]> By: Y http://www.oswash.org/#comment-3655 Y Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:06:38 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-3655 For a theorization of technology as a network to be traced and kept open, see also : http://yannickrumpala.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/the-utility-of-network-analysis-to-regain-political-holds-on-technology/

]]> By: Antti Karttunen http://www.oswash.org/#comment-3528 Antti Karttunen Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:36:53 +0000 http://www.oswash.org/?page_id=2#comment-3528 Cheers,

a very important project!

See here for a couple of different ideas:
http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol18/?pg=63

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/07/bike_washing_machine.html
(See also the “pedal powered washing machine” and other links when you scroll down.)

http://www.mayapedal.org/bicimaquinas_in.html

Cheers,

Antti

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