Topic
The 10$ inflatable fridge for field operations
For many humanitarian and social projects, fridges are necessary – e.g. to cool medication or vaccinations. Locally organizing or transporting fridges to refugee camps is expensive due to their size and weight – loading them with other goods is not really practical and time-consuming. An inflatable fridge with a compact cooling unit using innovative insulation technology could improve the flexibility and availability of fridges in field operations.
Team
Coaches: Hansdieter Schweiger and David Galbraith
Achievements
“I just like to congratulate you guys. When we had this discussion with the rest of the team here, we sat with two of our forensics colleagues. And we looked at each other and realised in reality, in terms of body bags, recovery and retrieval of dead bodies has not advanced much in decades. It is actually probably the first time humans have thought of applying new technologies to this issue in a major way. I like to congratulate you because you will make a big difference to a lot of people.”
Robin Coupland - Medical Adviser for Red Cross
electronic assembly
live demo
design
fire brigade
cocktail
mobile application
3D printing
heavy tools
