Solar Powered Kyoto Box Wins HP Climate Change Challenge
April 19, 2009 | Levent OZLER
John Bohmer's Kyoto Box won the $75,000 Financial Times and HP Climate Change Challenge today thanks to an ultra-cheap and simple design with the potential to provide cooked food and clean water to billions.
The $5 solar-powered 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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