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British female student awarded top prize by Nobel winners for solar-powered fridge invention DAILY MAIL  25 October 2010 A 23-year-old British inventor has become the only female – and the only  European – to be honoured by Nobel Prize winners in an international ceremony.
Emily Cummins was named among the top 10 most outstanding young people in the world and is receiving two major honours for her inventions which include a solar-powered fridge and a water carrying device designed for use in  Africa.
The Leeds University graduate was selected as an Oslo Business for
Peace Honouree by a jury of Nobel prize winners during an awards
ceremony in Norway…..
The solar-powered fridge, which she designed while still a schoolgirl,
is now  helping families in Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana
and Zimbabwe.
It works through evaporation and can be used to keep perishable goods
such as milk and meat cool for days.
Without using any power, temperatures stay at around 6C.
The fridge comprises two cylinders  –  one inside the other. The inner
cylinder is made from metal but the outer cylinder can be made from
anything to hand, including wood and plastic.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1323646/UK-female-student-awarded-prize-Nobel-winners-solar-powered-fridge-invention.html#ixzz27E46eUB8

September 22, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | decentralised, EUROPE