Friday, June 11, 2004
Ironing for dummies
Spanish researchers in Navarre have come up with a hi-tech answer to the most tedious household chore. A human-shaped dummy, called the Dressman, irons shirts by pumping itself up with hot air and blow-drying them. It joins lawn-mowing and vacuum-cleaning robots in the growing array of expensive machines designed to take the drudgery out of housework. The Dressman went on sale in Germany and Spain in January for €900.
Funny thing, I can think of something else that tries to iron out problems by pumping itself up with hot air!
Spanish researchers in Navarre have come up with a hi-tech answer to the most tedious household chore. A human-shaped dummy, called the Dressman, irons shirts by pumping itself up with hot air and blow-drying them. It joins lawn-mowing and vacuum-cleaning robots in the growing array of expensive machines designed to take the drudgery out of housework. The Dressman went on sale in Germany and Spain in January for €900.
Funny thing, I can think of something else that tries to iron out problems by pumping itself up with hot air!
