b) Solar Cooking
When we're familiar with a few basics of the fascinating science of optics ... we can get much more creative with using the sun's rays to heat up things ... like using the "Archimedes Death Ray" (or 'Heat Ray') for cooking.
Fresnel lens solar cooker using TV lens
Fresnel lens solar cooker using TV lens
Fresnel lens - what is it
Fresnel lens - what is it
Cone/funnel solar cooker
Cone/funnel solar cooker
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From http://rimstar.org "An addiction to science, renewable energy & building stuff"
Saracon Solar Cooker
Saracon Solar Cooker
07/04/2009
This is a short presentation of the recently build Solar Steam Cooker running at Saracon kitchen in Auroville, India.
The Video contains two interview, with Chandresh, the fund raiser of this project, and Jo, the cook in charge at Saracon.
You will first see a collection of pictures we made during the building process: planning and drawing, building, testing and fine tuning.