Released by Ellie zolharifard: 07: 39 on January 30, 2014, EDT | update: 09: 49 on January 31, 2014, EDT released a new washing machine with little water, which gave \"dry cleaning\" a new Instead, the technology uses millions of small plastic beads that remove clothing stains and smells. Xeros, the company behind the technology, claims that the process is not only more effective in cleaning clothes, but also much more efficient. Scroll down to watch the video . . . . . . It is estimated that if all British families switch to Xeros technology, they will save about 7 million tons of water per week. Polymer beads also reduce the amount of detergent needed to clean clothes and can use up to 500 loads before they need to be replaced. Oddly enough, the researchers who developed the technology at the University of Leeds initially tried to solve a completely different problem. Professor Stephen Burkinshaw wanted to know how to help dye stay on the fabric for longer. But he realized that the process could remove stains in turn. Shortly after the breakthrough, the group developed a prototype, along with a derivative company called Xeros. In the washing cycle, more than a million tiny polymer beads are added to the load with a glass of water and a few drops of Xeros\'s special detergent. Nylon polymer has inherent polarity to attract stains in a way similar to white nylon clothing. However, the polymer changes and becomes absorbent under wet conditions. Dirt is not only attracted by the surface, but also absorbed into the center. After the water dissolves the stain, the dirt is absorbed into the center of the bead, where it is still trapped. After the cycle is completed, the beads are rotated out of the load through the hole on the drum, then back to the pool pump and reused. It is believed that these machines only need less than 20 per cent of the water used in ordinary washing machines. They also use only half of the power needed to complete a cycle using traditional machines. Beads can also resist dye transfer between color and white, so less washing cycles need to be completed. Currently, the technology is only available for hotels and large laundries, but the company plans to launch a family edition in the near future. \'The bead- Xeros chief executive Bill Westwater said the cleaning system is currently being developed for domestic laundry use and is working on how to apply it to other applications including leather processing.