Comments on: Evapocooler invention for cooling camels milk in Somalia

By: Evapo-refrigerador para refrigerar leche de camella en Somalia « EspAfriGadget

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:34:29 +0000

[...] Publicado por Paula Kahumbu en http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/08/22/evapocooler-invention-for-cooling-camels-milk-in-somalia/ [...]

By: Fab Lab, take two « Analogue Digital

Fab Lab, take two « Analogue Digital — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:40:48 +0000

[...] Wanjihia, a local engineer commonly featured on the blog Afrigadget, has recently set up shop here and unloaded his two hard drives filled with unrealized designs, [...]

By: Fundstücke: Afrigadget, Webmontag, Basteldisco | untergeek

Fundstücke: Afrigadget, Webmontag, Basteldisco | untergeek — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:57:16 +0000

[...] der anaerobe Gärtank, der flache Parabolspiegel (übrigens: Fresnellinse, Jungs!) oder der Verdunstungskühler für somalische Kamelmilch. Bei lebensgefährlichen Provisorien wie der Lötbogenlampen-Spule aus stoffumwickelten Drahtresten [...]

By: Recent Links Tagged With "dominic" - JabberTags

Recent Links Tagged With "dominic" - JabberTags — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:34:10 +0000

[...] and Dominic at Hyatt Chieftainry Spa at Gainey Cattle ranch Saved by freeriver on Fri 14-11-2008 Evapocooler invention for cooling camels milk in Somalia Saved by schummy on Fri 14-11-2008 We need Anwar in Putrajaya sooner than later Saved by jwerner [...]

By: H!MS3lF

H!MS3lF — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:59:30 +0000

Back 10 years ago during the Scouts’ camps and Jamborees, we used the same concept to cool our food. Our concept was with papier mache instead of fabric or charcoal. It was very effective, as well as a way of recycling pieces of paper

By: joe

joe — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:31:58 +0000

The African sand pot would seam to be a better idea, the materials can be localy produced and and are cheaper.

http://techafric.blogspot.com/2008/04/rural-cooling-system.html

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:12:23 +0000

And by the way, it is also called an earthen pot.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:10:31 +0000

I am not sure why there needs to be any buzz around this type of cooler. In India, we have used the same concept for thousands of years. It is really cheap and works effectively. It is called a ‘Matka’. Almost any Indian will tell you that it works more effectively than the device you described and it costs about a dollar or less. The size of ‘Matka’ for that price (<$1) holds more than a gallon of liquid.

By: wesley

wesley — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:09:19 +0000

While it is cool it aint exactly new and innovative like the article is proclaiming,indeed Dominic Wanjihia would even have a hard time laying claim to this as an invention as this kind of thing has been around for a very long time and is nothing more than a slight variation of `The Coolgardie Safe´ invented by Arthur Patrick McCormick in australia way back in the 1800′s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolgardie_safe
still quite a thing nonetheless

By: scientist

scientist — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:35:54 +0000

Interesting fact, but hardly amazing, since camels live in the desert, they have probably adapted so their milk glands produce more temperature stable milk.

Anyway, some guys at Stanford are also developing a low-cost refrigeration system, but on a completely different basis. Se the TED talk:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/adam_grosser.html

The thing about technologies presented on this blog, there all great and
all, but there’s lots of room for improving them in terms of efficiency,
cost, ease of use, etc. These inovative people should work more closely
with local universities.