The Girl Who Washed Clothes With A Bicycle
Can pedalling do your laundry?
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The story
Remya Jose in India was 14 in 2005 and washing her family's clothes by hand was exhausting. She built a washing machine from an old bicycle frame, so pedalling spins the drum and the laundry gets clean with no electricity at all.
What you'll learn
- Pedals turn your leg power into spinning motion through gears and chains.
- A spinning drum plus water and soap is what washes clothes.
- Remya's pedal washer needs no electricity, so it works anywhere.
- Kid takeaway: hard chores are invitations to invent.
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