About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Vacuum cleaner, X10, Dishwasher, Washing machine, ZigBee, Window blind, Home automation for the elderly and disabled, Control4, Responsive architecture, Z-Wave, Insteon, Domestic robot, C-Bus, Ember, KNX, SM4All, LinuxMCE, LonWorks, Timer, Dynalite, OpenWebNet, OpenHAN, Bticino, Vantage Controls, Daintree Networks, ONE-NET, Lighting control system, OpenTherm, Crestron Electronics, Comparison of domestic robots, Remotec, MiWi, Universal powerline bus, Smarthome, IObridge, Lagotek, E-Home Automation, Home Automation, Inc., Opnode, XPL Protocol, StarDraw, Shifra Smart Homes, HomeRF, Z-URC, X10 Firecracker, Bus SCS, HomeLink Wireless Control System, Ironman, Universal Home API, Clipsal C-Bus, IEC 61030, Marata Vision, European Home Systems Protocol, CHAIN, Intelligent Home Control, Equip'baie. Excerpt: A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, or washer) is a machine designed to wash laundry, such as clothing, towels and sheets. The term is mostly applied only to machines that use water as the primary cleaning solution, as opposed to dry cleaning (which uses alternative cleaning fluids, and is performed by specialist businesses) or even ultrasonic cleaners. Laundering by hand involves beating and scrubbing cloth. It is hard work even with manufactured aids like washboards and soap to help. Clothes washer technology developed as a way to reduce the drudgery of this scrubbing and rubbing process by providing an open basin or sealed container with paddles or fingers to automatically agitate the clothing. The earliest machines were hand-operated. As electricity was not commonly available until at least 1930, some early machines were operated by a low-speed single-cylinder hit and miss gasoline engine. By the mid-1850s steam-driven commercial laundry machinery was on sale in the USA and Great Britain. Technological...
