{"id":4929,"date":"2022-03-03T06:39:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T05:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/vac-to-the-future-can-robot-mops-and-self-cleaning-windows-get-us-out-of-housework-for-ever\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T06:39:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T05:39:15","slug":"vac-to-the-future-can-robot-mops-and-self-cleaning-windows-get-us-out-of-housework-for-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/vac-to-the-future-can-robot-mops-and-self-cleaning-windows-get-us-out-of-housework-for-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Vac to the future! Can robot mops and self-cleaning windows get us out of housework for ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I despise chores \u2013 so I jumped at the chance to test the latest hi-tech solutions (and simple hacks) that promise to keep domestic drudgery to a minimum<\/p>\n<p>A prime candidate for secular canonisation \u2013 and a personal hero of mine \u2013 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/18\/us\/frances-gabe-dead-inventor-of-self-cleaning-house.html\" title=\"\">Frances Gabe<\/a>. She was a visionary, a terrible neighbour (she antagonised hers with a succession of snarling great danes and a penchant for nude DIY) and the inventor of the self-cleaning home. Gabe, who died in 2016 at 101, transformed her Oregon bungalow into a \u201cgiant dishwasher\u201d, with a system of sprinklers, air dryers and drains, plus self-cleaning sinks, bath and toilet. \u201cHousework is a thankless, unending job,\u201d Gabe said. \u201cWho wants it? Nobody!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I agree with Gabe \u2013 and with Lenin, who condemned housework as \u201cbarbarously unproductive, petty, nerve-racking, stultifying and crushing drudgery\u201d. My own objections are mainly founded in sloth and a vague desire to stick it to the man, but for others housework can be difficult, or even impossible.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/mar\/03\/can-robot-mops-self-cleaning-windows-make-housework-redundant\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7679053198edc23b795e67474f165a116776bad5\/302_0_5886_3532\/master\/5886.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=92d07fc4f4df9bfe3008360cbeb83ff2\" title=\"Vac to the future! Can robot mops and self-cleaning windows get us out of housework for ever?\" \/>I despise chores \u2013 so I jumped at the chance to test the latest hi-tech solutions (and simple hacks) that promise to keep domestic drudgery to a minimum<br \/>\nA prime candidate for secular canonisation \u2013 and a personal hero of mine \u2013 is Frances Gabe. She was a visionary, a terrible neighbour (she antagonised hers with a succession of snarling great danes and a penchant for nude DIY) and the inventor of the self-cleaning home. Gabe, who died in 2016 at 101, transformed her Oregon bungalow into a \u201cgiant dishwasher\u201d, with a system of sprinklers, air dryers and drains, plus self-cleaning sinks, bath and toilet. \u201cHousework is a thankless, unending job,\u201d Gabe said. \u201cWho wants it? Nobody!\u201d<br \/>\nI agree with Gabe \u2013 and with Lenin, who condemned housework as \u201cbarbarously unproductive, petty, nerve-racking, stultifying and crushing drudgery\u201d. My own objections are mainly founded in sloth and a vague desire to stick it to the man, but for others housework can be difficult, or even impossible. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I despise chores \u2013 so I jumped at the chance to test the latest hi-tech solutions (and simple hacks) that promise to keep domestic drudgery to a minimum A prime candidate for secular canonisation \u2013 and a personal hero of mine \u2013 is Frances Gabe. She was a visionary, a terrible neighbour (she antagonised hers &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/vac-to-the-future-can-robot-mops-and-self-cleaning-windows-get-us-out-of-housework-for-ever\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vac to the future! Can robot mops and self-cleaning windows get us out of housework for ever?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}