Technology giant LG has filed a patent to develop a washing machine with an in-built mp3 player, reports Computer World.
While LG is certainly considering developing the device, it is still several years away from completion.
The company’s patent application, US 2007/0118862 A1, states that it is for a “home appliance with an mp3 player comprising the mp3 player adapted for storing contents; and a washing device for washing or drying clothes”.
While the practicality of such a machine is debatable, LG has never been a company to shy away from wild innovation.
LG is the firm that patented the refrigerator with an in-built computer screen and Internet, as well as a line of television refrigerators.
The internet fridge was only ever released on a limited basis in South Korea, priced at approximately £5,000.
Of the mp3 player washing machine, John I Taylor, spokesman for patent applicant LG Electronics, said: “It’s an interesting concept.”