Wash your clothes by pedaling your bike
US based Dave Askins has created a pedal-powered laundry-system. He's hooked a bike to a washer built from old parts. He spins on his bike and thereby dries his clothes. He says the whole task takes about 15 minutes. This is a triple-win: Being clean, getting clean and getting exercise. It is funny to stumble upon this as I've put a similar concept (only) to paper a year ago.
On his website, Dave has tracked every bike-powered load of laundry since July 2007. He's nearing 200 loads.
Update: here's another protoype
