Aimed at off-grid tiny home dwellers, campers and city folk looking to reduce their environmental impact, and their utility bills, the Drumi originally went up for pre-order back in 2015. Now, after ...

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 ...

Yirego‘s Drumi is a brilliant electricity-free washing machine powered by your feet – and it’s set to launch this summer. The device uses six to 12 liters of water per load, and can wash almost five ...

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 ...

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 ...

Developed by two product design students, GiraDora could be the next big social innovation. This is part of a series highlighting notable entries to our 2012 Innovation By Design Awards–Ed. When they ...

A young mother in Philippi sits nursing her baby while operating a foot-cranked washing machine. Across the city, a student in digs is studying for a test while pedalling away to get his week’s ...