A tanning shower? A washing machine toilet? Check out this round-up of the most brilliant (fine, inept) gadget combinations around
Posted 09.08.2008 at 11:04 am
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Washing Machine/Toilet This washing machine flushes valuable water down the toilet, literally. A notable mention in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008, the prototype stores water after each washing cycle, which is then used to flush the toilet below it. In addition to its eco-friendly aspects, it is also a good space saver. Core77
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Because a cramped apartment clearly shouldn't interfere with your love of a freshly-tapped keg, or a tan, or clean clothes. From the useful (a toilet which shoulders a washing machine) to the inane (showers sporting tanning lamps!), these gadgets all tap into a deep-seated desire: "It's a thing! That does another thing!"
Folks, this is human ingenuity at its apex. Enjoy.
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I can kind of understand the whole washing machine-toilet idea, but why cant they be separate and just connected by piping? trying to wash a pile of laundry, only to drop a dozen socks down the toilet just sounds stupid.
Einstien WHAT THE!!!!
from Montreal, Quebec
honestly... some people have some serious time to waste...
inmteresting though...
- DiGGY
from ALLEN, TX
njdevil - just close the toilet lid and you won't have that problem. :)
this device is clever in it's water saving capability. but it would become a bit inconvenient lugging clothes from the bathroom to wherever the dryer would be located. maybe that could be installed under the bathroom sink???
That's some epic stuff...I would liek to somehow engineer a washer and dryer into the same unit..literally..
Throw clothes into the washer it begins to wash..rinse..spin-cycle..heat-spin cycle..
one trip to your machine..multiple compartments for soap and then when the time comes, fabric softener if that's your thing