Three years ago we heard about the GiraDora, a foot-pedal-powered clothes-washing machine created for off-grid use in developing nations. While many of our readers expressed an interest in it, the ...

The luxury of washing machines is something that families in many parts of the world just can’t afford, but the team behind GiraDora wants to change that. The group has developed an innovative ...

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 ...