14 DAY TRIAL // Designers Huang Tao, Zhong Ce, Jin Ronghao and Zhang Yixin have come up with a new idea for a washing machine that promises to make life easier for people whose home is located near water and who, for one reason or another, lack access to electricity.
Their Waterwheel Washing Machine, pictured above, can be installed on the banks of creeks or streams, Trend Hunter reports.
It harvests hydropower in order to spin, and, as it keeps going round and round, it washes the laundry inside its three compartments.
As explained on Red Dot, “The periphery of the washing machine is inset with vanes, which are hit by the flowing river water and drive the machine.”
Furthermore, “The body of machine is divided into three separate ‘cabins’, which allow three families or individuals do their laundry at the same time. Within each cabin, triangular ridges of timber assist with agitating the garments.”
Because it does not need electricity in order to run, the Waterwheel Washing Machine does not contribute to upping greenhouse gases concentrations in our planet's atmosphere, and is fairly economic.