Infinity Iron: The Future of Wrinkle-Free?
A promise of an ergonomic iron with a touch-screen interface
Ergnomics, idiot-proofing, and interactivity come together for the Infinity Iron design concept. Sculpted like an oversized mouse, the Infinity Iron's top control surface swivels on a wrist-friendly ball joint, with the spherical pivot doubling as a water reservoir for steaming.
Users can access information and helpful tips on different fabrics through the Infinity Iron's touch-screen OLED display, which takes up the upper half of the top. Menus on the side provide easy navigation, just below the prominently white power button. A texturized rubber surface dominates the rest of the control surface, to facilitate grip and prevent slipping.
The household gadget features a database on proper temperatures, and will automatically shut itself down to prevent burns and other ironing-related disasters. Until that happens, users are given the chance to avoid disasters through real-time temperature readouts on the control surface. The central sphere provides another warning, by turning blue once the correct temperature is achieved.
Until designer Adam Wendel provides specifics on the important stuff—like what's the power source—we can only consider his creation a design concept with minimal chance of hitting the market. Updates to follow if and when that changes.
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What?!
yaaaaaa a 40000 dollar iron. Just what I need.
Will this be Fermi powered,it could drive the graphics and provide the heat at the same time, eliminating the need for a separate heating element. Just think of the long term cost savings ;-P
I think I will sell my EvoX to by this iron, maybe...
... but can it play crysis???
Dude, honestly... who irons anymore anyways? if its wrinkly, toss it in the dryer with a cup of water. Any *guy* knows that. lol
Someone actually irons clothes? I guess they haven't heard opf permanent press fabrics.
Just when I thought I've seen everything...
No handle to pick it up and move it when it's hot? FAIL
how do you stand it up?
using all this nice tecknology an a frecking iron is a waste....
Who wants to watch the news while ironing ON THE IRON is you hand not supposed to be there.
But i would like to have the news scroling on my OLED toilet seat, imagine just spread your leggs and scroll thru Toms greatest reviews.... (Dont say porn)
Sorry did I click on Avon.com?
Hell yeah! I might iron my clothes now! I'll mod it for some blue underlighting though.
Cool design. Now imagine the touch interface setting the temperature (where you're holding this thing) and inadvertently changing the heat to iron all your Silks with the Cotton setting. Lawsuit waiting to happen. ;-) Then again, the price tag will sure limit it to a few that will blame the house keeper rather than the device.
How much for that with diamonds and gold encrusted?
I gave up on ironing years ago. Wash/dry/fold services by the pound are available a lot of places. I only wash jeans, t-shirts, towels, sheets, undergarments and other non-iron clothes at home. Business shirts, khaki's and the wife's dresses all go to the cleaners. Costs me about $10 every 2 weeks at $0.50/lb (since all that stuff is light weight). It comes back on hangars (saving there), not to mention the energy and detergents, plus the hassle of ironing. I'd say maybe I'm loosing $3-5 a month using the service instead of doing it at home. WELL worth it.
There's a place right next to my main grocery store, so I'm not even wasting gas or time... and on a few occasions, they've burned, ripped, or inked some of our stuff, so we've gone shopping, brought them a receipt, and they paid us for the item (free replacement clothes).
What?!
you got that right!
Huh? Why would anyone lady spend that much money on an iron? Most ladies are good enough with the classic iron.
Epic fail
I gave up on ironing years ago. Wash/dry/fold services by the pound are available a lot of places. I only wash jeans, t-shirts, towels, sheets, undergarments and other non-iron clothes at home. Business shirts, khaki's and the wife's dresses all go to the cleaners. Costs me about $10 every 2 weeks at $0.50/lb (since all that stuff is light weight). It comes back on hangars (saving there), not to mention the energy and detergents, plus the hassle of ironing. I'd say maybe I'm loosing $3-5 a month using the service instead of doing it at home. WELL worth it. There's a place right next to my main grocery store, so I'm not even wasting gas or time... and on a few occasions, they've burned, ripped, or inked some of our stuff, so we've gone shopping, brought them a receipt, and they paid us for the item (free replacement clothes).
I got to find a local full service laundry mat with delivery and pick up services now. 0.o
The only place I know caters to the industrial part of my city.
Nice, but it is kinda... overkill. I mean I leave my iron on the same setting for all my clothes. And I iron about once in 3 months. Even for people who do iron a lot I think it would be much more practical to cover the surface with a piezoelectric material that can give tactile feedback of the texture of the material you are ironing. That way you will know if you are ironing in a crease by mistake (something I often do
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