If you’ve ever done any long-term traveling (be it for business or for pleasure), you know firsthand just how annoying and inconvenient it can be to wash your clothes in a foreign place. If you can’t find a laundromat nearby, your only option is to wash your garments by hand in a sink or bathtub, which is both time consuming and laborious. But not to worry — there might be a solution to this problem soon.
Soaclean, as it’s called, is a portable ultrasonic washing machine that promises to supercharge your sink-bound laundry sessions. So how does it work? First, fill your sink with water, detergent, and your soiled clothes — then just drop in the Soaclean. The device’s transducer sends out ultrasonic vibrations, creating tiny cavitation bubbles in the water that violently agitate the dirt on your clothes and help break it loose from the fabric. Essentially, these little bubbles do all the cleaning so you don’t have to. This exact same technology is used at a larger scale in chemistry laboratories, where it’s known as sonication.
Portable ultrasonic washing machine [Digital Trends]