Electrolux sponsors a design contest each year in hopes of discovering a few promising innovations in household appliances.

Hundreds of undergraduate and graduate industrial design students from around the globe compete by submitting their concepts to the Electrolux Design Lab.

Here are a few that caught my attention.

They may be wacky, but they’d sure be helpful around my household.

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Lisa Montgomery - Contributing Writer

Lisa Montgomery has been writing about home technology for 15 years, with a focus on the impact of electronics on a modern lifestyle.