Daniel Flahiff at
Inhabitat reports on a
Solar Powered Fridge designed by Emily Cummins:
Proving once again that the best ideas are often the simplest, 21-year-old student/inventor/entrepreneur Emily Cummins has designed a brilliant portable solar-powered refrigerator that works based upon the principle of evaporation. Employing a combination of conduction and convection, the refrigerator requires no electricity and can be made from commonly available materials like cardboard, sand, and recycled metal
The most fascinating aspect of her work is the
open source hardware aspect-the propagation of her product without direction:
She made six versions during the initial phase of production and helped make more than 50 during the trip where locals in Namibia nicknamed her “The Fridge Lady“. The refrigerator has since rolled out in Zambia, Namibia and South Africa and Emily believes thousands more may be in use as the design passes from community to community through word-of-mouth...[continue reading]
1 comments:
Emeka, thanks for the link to Emily's design. It has been generating some lively comments over at Inhabitat.
I'll be following Timbuktu in the future.
Daniel Flahiff
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