The Equator Clothes Processor EZ 3600C ($1,000) is a washing machine that dries your clothes too, so you don't have to make an extra trip tor transfer clothes from washer to dryer.   The front-loading machine uses one fourth the water of standard machines, it features five wash, one rinse and two dry cycles , and doesn't have to be vneted outside.   Now if it would only fold and iron, as well.  www.equatorappl.com; 800-935-1955.