WTF. This 'top-loading' washing machine was exhibited at CES in 2016.
Does that even sound right?
As someone who has exhibited at CES, it does not compute for me at all.
From that NonProfit Times article:
"Let’s suspend the natural skepticism for a moment to consider what a washer/dryer that donates to charity means for the future of fundraising. First, Whirlpool and IBM working on analytics of connected appliances is a preview of things to come. Technology offers some amazing possibilities to connect supporters with the causes they care about and nonprofits they support.
The future will also allow us to leverage the data from all those connections in meaningful ways. Now, you shouldn’t expect the average nonprofit organization to be running a four-node Hadoop cluster to sift through data. But behind the scenes, that kind of technology will surface to give fundraisers key insights."
https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/actionable-info/