Evaporation Fridge

By flourishgrace

Image of Emily, inventor of the eco fridge

http://www.emilycummins.co.uk/#/fridgesolution/4521158228

Emily Jayne Cummins (born 11 February 1987) is an English inventor and entrepreneur.

Cummins is a student at Leeds University, studying Management and Sustainability. Her entry into a sustainable design competition, a pullable water carrier for manual workers in Africa, earned her a Technology Woman of the Future award in 2006.[1][2]

She is currently developing an evaporative refrigerator that does not require electricity, which can be used to transport and store temperature-sensitive drugs in developing countries,[3] for which she has won a Female Innovator of the Year for 2007 from the British Female Inventors and Innovators Network[4] as well as a £12,000 sponsorship from NESTA.[3][2]

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