Gizmodo: appliance

Scooter Made of Reconstituted Appliances

Mark Wilson — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:50:47 EST

The taillight is made of old vacuum parts. The side cowling covers are made from a porch light, cut in half. The entire project is a Frankenstein's scooter, the monster's trademark stitches replaced with welds, his green skin replaced with stainless steel. And when the project is finally done, the maker will surely take one good look at the scooter and ask himself, "Why the hell didn't I make a motorcycle?" [project via bbgadgets]

TMIO Intelligent Oven: Cook via Internet or Cellphone/PDA

www.gizmodo.com — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:52:34 EST

Dinner can be ready the second you walk in the door without the need for one of those pesky spouses with the TMIO Intelligent Oven. This "smart" oven has both cooking and refrigeration elements and can be controlled remotely via the internet, cell phone or PDA. Of course, this still requires that you prepare your meal beforehand and place it in the refrigerated chamber until ready to cook.

Personally, we'll be impressed when the oven is intelligent enough to go grocery shopping, chop, prepare, cook and clean for us via cellphone, but this is one step in the right direction. Super geeky bonus—these ovens also use NASA-based command and control engineering in addition to NASA-based ceramic insulation. –Dana Bushman

TMIO Intelligent Oven [Appliancist]

Bosch Lego Edition Dishwasher Cleans Cooties Off Toys

Brian Lam — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:49:53 EDT

This Lego Branded Bosch dish washer runs a special 104 degree cycle for rinsing away the dirt, grime, saliva, mud, bacteria, ebola, cooties, asbestos, lead paint chips, rat poison, peanut butter and jelly, and cigarette tar off of kid toys without melting the plastic. I gotta go wash my hands now.

There's even a special tray for Lego bricks. (Jump for a photo)

–Brian Lam

Bosch Lego Dishwasher [slashgear]

PS, that brick isn't really painted on the washer front.

Dyson's CR01 Contrarotating Double-Drum Washing Machine

Brian Lam — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:48:07 EDT

Dyson, masters of the cyclonic vacuum cleaners are taking on the task of washing out your dirty laundry. The contrarotating, or rotating in an opposite manner, design uses two drums to get clothes cleaner, by "flexing" fabrics more. Sounds like its rough on the delicates, but we're not laundry men, so what do we know?

The drums have about 5,000 perforations, while most have about a 1,000, presumably to get better water flow during a cycle. And the front door is made from polycarbonate plastic, hard and light enough to be used in riot gear shields. There's also a pull out handle for moving it around. Which is cool, but really useless at the same time. Who moves a washer? Never mind the gripes, though. We just like it because its freaking purple. –Brian Lam

Dyson washing machine - 2-drum wash action [Appliancist]