Engineering students belonging to the Michigan State University have developed a washing machine that ‘talks’ to make it more accessible to people with visual impairments.
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Domestic Appliance News
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LG Closes Down Pressurized Cooker Business
LG Electronics, South Korea’s second-largest electronics maker, is pulling out of its electric pressurized cooker business after a series of consumer complaints about explosions, its subcontractor said Monday.
ARGI : Association of Registered Gas Installers
www.argi.org.uk This site has been set up to enable Independent like minded Gas Installers to explore the possibility of creating an Association to represent us to the powers that be, with regards to gas matters. The excuse that, The independent sector is difficult to consult with, will no longer…
Afton Maytag Man named worker of year
Nominated by his college-age daughter, Mark Hunter, 44, of Afton, is Wyoming’s 13th annual American Worker of the Year, as named by Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company, maker of Dickies. “There’s not a better job on earl than mine,” Hunter said. “I love my customers and my daily duties. I cou…
I am living in filth.
How our dirty floors led us to a world of $2,000 vacuum cleaners, HEPA filters, motor bypass systems and the knowledge that a cleaning appliance can be stylish and sexy
The British are coming!
Dust bunnies of America: Your days are numbered! There’s a new dynamic domestic duo in town, and they have soap, water and pristine cleaning rags. And they aren’t afraid to use them. Actually, dust bunnies are the least of the worries facing Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie as these imports from …
F&P and Medialab team up for 3D electronic manuals
Fisher & Paykel Appliances has teamed up with Wellington IT research consortium Medialab to look at the possibility of creating electronic manuals containing three dimensional images of its products for its service engineers.
Electrolux to ink direct selling deal with Kinetic arm
Home appliances firm Electrolux Kelvinator Ltd is set to enter into a nationwide tie-up with Kinetic Engineering Ltd’s direct selling arm, Kinetic Marketing & Services. To begin with, the alliance will be used to sell EKL’s microwave ovens. Under the arrangement, KMS will earn profit margins …
Hundreds of Maytag Workers Rally Around Each Other
Sixteen hundred workers in Galesburg will soon lose their jobs at Maytag. It’s part of the company’s plan to shut down their Galesburg plant and move production to another country.
Defective dishwasher blamed in fatal fire
Investigators have found the cause of a fire that killed 78-year-old Mary Lee in her Pleasant Hill home this summer: a Whirlpool dishwasher that was the subject of a 1996 recall for faulty wiring.