Ultrasonic Clothes Dryer- No Heat Needed

With support from the Energy Department’s Building Technologies Office, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and GE Appliances are changing the way Americans do laundry with their ultrasonic drying technology that uses vibrations, not heat, to dry fabric.
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[@florinalexandrucandale7275]

Great job :). how is it going with this technology? Is it available yet? Thank you! have a great day!

[@chewygaming1]

This is amazing!

[@eddsaw1566]

This is such a brilliant idea

[@NailujAgelliv]

realy cool, I had this idea the other day when I remembered the humydifiers.

[@ahndajong]

Another great idea and invention we'll never see.

[@jhtrico1850]

ahndajong I hope we do see it, I’m scared my dryer is going to explode with all the heat if makes

[@JorgeGamaliel]

Excellent work!!! Congratulations.

[@jarkkoaitti287]

I wonder if those same transducers can be used in same machine for washing or "wash boosting" too (like indiegogo dolfi ultrasonic "washing soap"). Also can that fast mechanical vibration break or wear out clothes. How about plastic/metallic buttons, zippers etc..? I don't know how those condensating dryers are actually done but this could be a good combination.
First thing that comes into my mind is that these could work nicely in the "wings" of european style horizontally spinning drums.

[@nth2tell]

Actually I was thinking of ultrasound as assisting tool to help the washing process. I googled the word and end up here. lol

[@foo_tube]

Neato! Now if we can get it to fold them for us :)

[@austins-golems4843]

this was a few years ago hopefully they are making improvements and maybe come out with a working drum product.

[@japerelectronics2568]

This will never see the light of day.

[@SJ-xg1uf]

Yeah um, it's been 6yrs people! When are we gonna get to see the actual product??!

[@shamirkhan7055]

When will this be out. Might be better for solar powered off grid homes 😁. Yeah clothes on a line is fine but clothes in the dryer makes it easier during the rainy season and prevents that hung outdoor smell

[@johnturner8286]

This would be good for paper manufacturing, for dewatering the pressed web.

[@nathanaelhanson2412]

Why don't we have these yet, 5 year old vid.....

[@plummyplumage]

There's also ultrasonic cleaning, so will GE have an automatic wash-dryer?

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

there is a one unit washer dryer its called Splendide

[@plummyplumage]

@@Lauren-vd4qe Yes, and it saves space but you pay for that, it seems. And it uses the usual technology.

[@alexmicu6589]

sweet

[@monkeywrench1951]

What happened with this poject?

[@CoolFuzion]

I still dont get how vibration alone is able to vaporize water there has to he some type of temperature change involved in that process

[@giaomgia1779]

|CoolFuzion| or the water will be drained away

[@chrisklest1238]

Please post a video of only the device in operation and no music or voice-overs.

[@Keepskatin]

Interesting,works on light delicates,not thick heavily drenched clothing. They have many years of trail and error ahead. There is drying time to take into consideration. How about a dryer that reuses that lost heat energy and wind force? During winter a home dryer can be used to distribute heat to a home or greenhouse. i do not think these tiny ultrasonic devices can remove water in a timely evenly matter,especially using less power.

[@nicholaslandolina]

Do it

[@bapakandeh5358]

there is must be a side effect. you know they said they use the energy that we couldn't see with bare eyes

[@pradipmandge5567]

No heat means less energy !

[@jerrylopez1983]

Any adverse effect on human body ?

[@pixzers]

Viral Patel

[@JohnWhitford]

Music is annoying and way too loud

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

Im dubious about how safe any machine is that has high frequency vibrations on the human body....

[@davidblahota5655]

The same as any ultrasonic vibrations, you can't even sense them. Unless the input energy is off the charts ofc.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

@@davidblahota5655 perhaps not sense them externally but what will they do to a persons innards eh?

[@davidblahota5655]

@@Lauren-vd4qe vibrate them so fast that u won't feel it, if anything at all, unless you get in the dryer yourself.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

@@davidblahota5655 scramble your own brains

[@jhtrico1850]

@@davidblahota5655 my uncle did that before to my cousin for a few seconds

[@mhmdnazel1]

HOPEFULLY the cloth doesn't disintegrate while ppl are wearing it...

[@jackmannsmd]

nice! i know of another game changing technology.... clothes line and clothes pins... which can be used with and without the sun. I think we americans are too depend on machine clothes drying techniques.

[@HoldenOut]

You could call it a solar-powered clothes dryer! You'll make millions!

[@CaptainHurricane]

This is taking way too long to come to market.
This was first revealed back in 2016 or 2017.

[@floresgt3]

It was first revealed in ancient Egypt, you didn’t hear... the pyramids were huge sound chambers used to wash clothes and jewels

[@fehminjima]

hell what about baibies or children they hear ultrasound beter than us , it coul be harmfull for them

[@engii______4944]

even children or dogs are not able to hear very high ultrasonic frequencies

[@Dream0Asylum]

You're right! I mean dear god, I hope nobody uses this technology to image fetuses in the womb! Think of the catastrophic damage!

[@ralanham76]

@@Dream0Asylum /s

[@ScantPear]

The word technology makes me cringe cuz it is getting worse and worse