Crypto News: How the Irish dry laundry without a machine

While the majority of US households tumble-dry their laundry, much of the rest of the world relies on various forms of air drying. In Japan, clothes can be hung inside a yokushitsu kansouki, a bathroom equipped with heat pumps that blow out warm air. Its humble, lower-tech sibling can be found in the typical Irish home, in the form of a hot press.

Often little more than a small closet fitted with a hanging shelf suspended over a hot water tank, a hot press allows hung clothes to be dried using using the warmth radiating from the tank. As Feargus O'Sullivan writes, the cozy nook is a clever piece of equipment deserving of the world's appreciation. Today on CityLab: The Irish Hot Press Is the Low-Tech Laundry Trick the World Needs

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