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distill and recognize the best of what you, the community, have
contributed to the site throughout the previous 7 days.
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Scans posted the during the preceding week. This list is a great
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to quickly digest some great information.
Empowered by computational fluid dynamics Adam
Grosser of Foundation
Capital has spearheaded an effort to build a refrigeration
device for the billion+ people who currently have no access to
electricity. The break-through approach combines water, ammonia,
heat and a little bit of know-how to create a low-pressure,
non-toxic refrigerator capable of cooling a 3 gallon container an
entire day in temperatures up to 30C.
Here’s the video of his short and sweet TED presentation:
Grosser expects that such units can be manufactured “at high
volumes for about $25”, a feat that would enable the better
transport of sensitive medicines, foods and materials through
developing regions to the people that desperately need them. Such a
device could play an important role in the betterment of countless
lives as it gives people some more low-cost control over their
immediate environment… not to mention keeping beer cold on extended
camping trips (a win-win proposition that will hopefully help foot
the development bill)...
In addition to our weekly awards, every week MemeBox
releases a Top 10 List of the most interesting and useful Future
Scans posted the during the preceding week. This list is a great
way to get acquainted with what the Future Scanner has to offer and
to quickly digest some great information.
Here at MemeBox, Sunday is the day we look back at all of the
Future Blogger posts and Future Scanner scans in an effort to
distill and recognize the best of what you, the community, have
contributed to the site throughout the previous 7 days.
