Temperatures are forecast to be above freezing this week, meaning the foot-and-a-half of snow that was dumped on the Miami ...

While homeowners do everything they can to protect their homes from a winter freeze, how do their appliances hold up? “This weekend in Texas, do not do your laundry,” Instagram user J.R. Minton said ...

Washing machines are a gift of science to humans which have made life easier. However, you just can’t keep throwing anything or everything in the name of washing inside your machine! Now, you need to ...

Bath time can be tough for both the elderly and their caregivers, but this Japanese invention aims to make the process easier. Come 2026, the "human washing machine", which cleans the body, will be ...

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Yasuaki Aoyama, right, chairman of Japanese bath and shower equipment manufacturer Science Co., demonstrates the use of a "human washing machine" in Osaka on Dec. 16, 2025. (Kyodo) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A ...

Your laundry is shedding more than just lint. Washing machine wastewater is one of the top sources of microplastics, with a single unit in a four-person household producing up to 500 grams a year as ...

Xiaomi has officially launched its Mijia Three-Zone Washing Machine Pro, a smart washer with three separate drums that can run multiple loads at once. There are two sizes to choose from – a 10kg ...

An unusual household appliance has been launched on the market in Japan: a washing machine for people. The 7.5-feet-long capsule (that’s 2.30 meters) was unveiled at the World Expo [PDF], which took ...

The 2025 human washing machine bears only a slight resemblance to that Sanyo prototype, and uses technology unheard of even a few years ago. At its core is its microbubbles system, something that ...

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