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Innovation I have been waiting for - and would love to build if set free from endless employment is an automatic laundry solution: takes clothes from dirty bin,

Innovation I have been waiting for - and would love to build if set free from endless employment is an automatic laundry solution: takes clothes from dirty bin, places in washer, then dryer (or combo) and then folds or hangs and puts away. The reality is that the home laundry systems are not well built for automation which is where a lot of the challenges are introduced. It might need to be something integrated into the closet or drawer system. I like to think of it as encapsoluted. I would put my dresser and hamper so that I have access and behind it is the robot which would grab the dirty clothes and refill the clean drawers. The other one is pretty analogous - dishes are a giant waste of time. One awesome hack is having two dishwashers and then never using your cabinets, but its pretty hacky. The clean way is to integrate the output of the dishwasher with the cabinet. I would pay serious money for this simply because of how much of my life is wasted dealing with clothes and dishes. The collective man hours world wide of these tasks is actually probably pretty insane.

mrfusion 12y ago
I completely agree. Another bad design is bathrooms. I think they should be designed and be sealable like the inside of a giant dishwasher, and then just turn on a cleaning cycle to clean the entire bathroom.
- mkramlich 12y ago
  I once read about a system that works like that. I believe it was a self-contained unit that was intended to be deployed out in a public place, outdoors, like a "port-o-potty" but more high-tech. Japan? Europe? Somewhere like that. (On a related note, I have way too many specific ideas about how to do restrooms right. I've literally written documents about it, made checklists, done designs, etc. Most public restrooms Fail in one or more ways, usually several. Feels like should be a solved problem with best practices in place everywhere. Not rocket science.)
  - tizzdogg 12y ago
    Various public restrooms in San Francisco work like that. I have heard of people trying to stay inside to watch the washing happen by tricking the occupancy sensors. I'm not sure if this ends well ever.

mrfusion 12y ago

I completely agree. Another bad design is bathrooms. I think they should be designed and be sealable like the inside of a giant dishwasher, and then just turn on a cleaning cycle to clean the entire bathroom.

mkramlich 12y ago
I once read about a system that works like that. I believe it was a self-contained unit that was intended to be deployed out in a public place, outdoors, like a "port-o-potty" but more high-tech. Japan? Europe? Somewhere like that. (On a related note, I have way too many specific ideas about how to do restrooms right. I've literally written documents about it, made checklists, done designs, etc. Most public restrooms Fail in one or more ways, usually several. Feels like should be a solved problem with best practices in place everywhere. Not rocket science.)
- tizzdogg 12y ago
  Various public restrooms in San Francisco work like that. I have heard of people trying to stay inside to watch the washing happen by tricking the occupancy sensors. I'm not sure if this ends well ever.