Eva2o – Food Cooling Through Evaporation

Industrial designer Dennis Cheng has designed a simple system to keep fruit and veg cool without using any electricity, in fact only using the cooling powers of evaporation. This concept is to help draw people away from a reliance on fridges and return to more natural methods of cooling and storing foods. This concept design has been named eva2o.

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The Ethylene Gas Guardian (Egg)

As fruit and vegetables ripen, they release a gas called ethylene. In a self-perpetutating cycle, ethylene gas accelerates the ripening, and eventually the rotting of fruit and vegetables. Therefore if you don’t want your fruit and vegetables to ripen quickly, you need to control the release of the ethylene gas. The amusingly named Ethylene Gas Guardian (The Egg) is a small gadget that will absorb ethylene from fruit and veg, to reduce the rate at which they ripen. (more…)

Off-Grid Solar Powered Refrigerator

To do their job, fridges and freezers need to be powered on constantly. If you have an unreliable power source, or you’re in a remote location, you’re going to have issues if you have food that need to be kept cool. Industrial Insulation Systems has a solution, which is basically a solar-powered refrigerator kit. (more…)

Solar-Powered Lunchbox to keep food warm

A designer by the name of Teo Song Wei has come up with a solar lunchbox that uses solar energy to keep food warm. Rather than letting last night’s dinner get cold by the time you eat it, this lunchbox keeps your food warm. Great if you like a curry for lunch, rather than sandwiches! (more…)

Electrolux Wind Washer – Dish Cleaning Re-invented

I must say, the Electrolux Wind Washer Dishwasher puts a little more fun into washing the dishes with their high-pressure air and UV-based dish cleaning gadget! The gadget looks a lot like a car wash in some respects, since the cleaner uses a 3-step process to clean your dishes. (more…)