Update: The Drumi is finally in production as of late September, but without an exact ship date. Yirego, the company behind the electricity-free device, told us in late October that engineers are ...

Aaron Stathum andEliot Covena, two industrial design students from Philadelphia University, have designed and constructed the Up-Stream – a prototype low-cost washing machine for the developing world ...

The GiraDora uses the principles of a salad spinner to make cleaning clothes less back-breaking and time-consuming work for millions of people in poverty. This piece is part of Change Generation, our ...

Like many New Yorkers, I’m not blessed with a washing machine in my apartment building. I sometimes think about it when I lie awake at night: What would my life be like if I had the ability to do ...

When two design students from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California visited a village outside of Lima, Peru, they realized they would put their skills to use on improving the lives ...