Comments on: #1234: StopWash http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2010/04/01/1234-stopwash/ Invention Of The Day Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Patrick http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2010/04/01/1234-stopwash/comment-page-1/#comment-885726 Patrick Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:52:02 +0000 http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/?p=7064#comment-885726 Sorry, it seems senility is setting in…I’ve begun to repeat myself:
http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2008/03/08/colourwash/

]]> By: Patrick http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2010/04/01/1234-stopwash/comment-page-1/#comment-881831 Patrick Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:28:39 +0000 http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/?p=7064#comment-881831 A useful addition to any washing machine would be a small, integrated barcode printer. This would allow the user to label their own fabric items and to also enter additional data about a much-loved piece of clothing (eg this is a low-temperature, pale item). If this were placed in the machine set to do a hot wash, or having already loaded a heavily-coloured piece of material in the machine, an alarm would say -don’t do it.

]]> By: Patrick http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2010/04/01/1234-stopwash/comment-page-1/#comment-881068 Patrick Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:15:47 +0000 http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/?p=7064#comment-881068 Hmmm. Good point. If you could be bothered to barcode nappies, they would be recognised as such and thus never cause a beep. I’d use disposables myself.

]]> By: Steven Hammer http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2010/04/01/1234-stopwash/comment-page-1/#comment-880969 Steven Hammer Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:17:18 +0000 http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/?p=7064#comment-880969 I could see problems with nappy washes…the weight of the nappy before washing will usually exceed its dry weight.

How about a machine that screens trouser pockets for paper hankies? That would be really useful.

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