Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine

http://www.ted.com What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading. TODAY: From 11:30am-1:30pm EDT, Hans Rosling will be answering questions in TED Conversations. Pop over!

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[chiggevara]

In my opinion the absolutely best speech from an amazing speaker.

[madleinfrost]

Great channel! Can't wait to watch those videos. :)

[rjdpie]

What about laundrettes? Does anyone know whether he's talking about access-to or ownerships? I don't have a private jet, but I do use airlines...

[mrzack888]

the Larouche movement talks about this. How the environmentalist movemnt is controlled by the NWO. NWO uses environmentalism to control the left, and free-trade neoliberal economics to control the right. The environmentalist movement is an eugenics program to reduce human population. Human beings need to expand our technological understanding to get more out of less with higher energy flux density. Buckminister Fuller says the same thing.

[mrzack888]

ha joon chang talks about it in his book.

[ubuntulinux710]

40 C can wash away most dirt. Most (populated) places on earth can heat water to that temperature by routing the water through an enlarged surface, hit by sun. The most efficient electrical engines - to rotate the washing drum - could be driven by solar panels and/or local wind turbines. Add a bit insulation around the washing compartment and even better. Share a machine between 10 persons, like in most Nordic apartment blocks. Not much energy is needed.

[Cl4udiano]

hmmm såvitt jag kan se du suger till och med när det kommer till sarkasm och förmåga att medge sina misstag.

EPIC FAIL DUDE, EPIC FAIL.

Hälsingar till brorsan ;)

[emil0asp]

my brohter typted that sentince, ime sory for the konfiution,by the wey, mye gramar is exilent, so do knot be wan of tose heyters :(

And yes, i'm from sweden.

Donnt be mäd bicouse yo're görlfriend liks wen me and the swedich polise cum in her faice

[ezekieloak]

You've obviously never had sex with me. ;-)

[123NeonCookie]

Almost <- I graduated with the highest grades. Sorry I can't fix my bad keyboard :)

[Cl4udiano]

dude he has his point... come on.. 5 (F I V E ) grammatical and typing errors in a sentence consisting of 13 words?!

are u really from Sweden? :s