Idrees Rasouli designed Qaf with the millions of people who wash clothes by hand in Afghanistan in mind. Essentially, it's a lawnmower/washing machine: push the clothes around for a spin cycle. It's faster and less energy-intensive than washing clothes by hand.
Idrees Rasouli
Each year, graduates from London's Royal College of Art--the U.K.'s preeminent art school--show off projects at the SustainRCA Show. The idea is to give the spotlight to innovative concepts and prototypes that will help us as we hurtle toward a warmer, more crowded, energy-hungry world. Pretty much anything pre-apocalypse (or maybe even post-apocalypse!) is fair game. You can read more about the show here, and we've put together seven awesome projects for your perusal, including a hand-powered washing machine, a landmine-removal kit, and more.
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