On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Robert Howard wrote:
> If they can get the cost of a few weeks of charcoal down to $5,
>I bet they can get that box oven down to 50 ¢.
Unless I'm mistaken, it looks like a cardboard box with AL foil on the
flaps, with another foil-lined box inside. So, $5 seems lik
If they can get the cost of a few weeks of charcoal down to $5, I bet they
can get that box oven down to 50 c.
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From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf
Of ppary...@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:25 PM
To: friam@redfish.com
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Again alas in most poor countries $5 buys enough charcoal for a couple or
weeks+ of cooking without the labour of cutting wood. Paul
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Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less.
(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001)
Yes, a good idea. And Victor Papanek was pushing it amost 40 yrs. ago. For
a good read, track down:
Papanek, Victor (1971). Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social
Change, New York, Pantheon Books . ISBN 0-394-47036-2.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Robert Howard wrote:
> The $5
I think the selling point of this new design is not so much novelty but the
ability to manufacture and distribute millions of these things very cheaply.
--Rob
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From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf
Of James Steiner
Sent: Thursday, Ap
Alas, this nice idea, solar cardboard box ovens, has been tried in
developing countries for 30+ years and has never really made an impact.
This is a new design, which hasn't been tried in developing countries. Are
arguing that since it failed in the past that we should not try something
new in t
Yeah... I thought so:
http://solarcooking.org/plans/
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:43 PM, James Steiner wrote:
> I seem to recall an even more awesome *parabolic* cardboard (and foil)
> solar cooker from the 70s.
> ~~James
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:30 PM, wrote:
>> Alas, this nice idea, solar ca
I seem to recall an even more awesome *parabolic* cardboard (and foil)
solar cooker from the 70s.
~~James
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:30 PM, wrote:
> Alas, this nice idea, solar cardboard box ovens, has been tried in
> developing countries for 30+ years and has never really made an
> impact.
> Sola
Alas, this nice idea, solar cardboard box ovens, has been tried in
developing countries for 30+ years and has never really made an impact. Solar
cooking takes a long time. Cardboard cookers are very fragile. The sun
doesn't
always shine when people want to cook.
Paul (ex-UNDP)
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The $5 solar-powered device consists of a black inner cardboard box and a
silver foil-covered outer box that concentrate enough heat to cook food and
boil water.
Bohmer's invention could be a major upgrade for the two billion people that
still use CO2-emitting firewood as fuel.
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http://www.g
Cool! Google App Engine is extending their service beyond the current
Python support to include Java and all the JVM languages like Jython,
JRuby, Groovy and so on.
http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2009/04/seriously-this-time-new-language-on-app.html
We knew that Google uses Java for a
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