refrigerators

  • Australia: A Pub With No Beer. New Zealand: A Fridge With No Door

    It looks like a fridge from the future. And, as a concept, it kind of is, if they end up being mass-produced and sold to to us regular folk. For now, it’s just a prototype, built by Ben de la Roche of New Zealand’s Massey University, situated north of Wellington. But it’s a prototype that…


  • How To Make An Electricity-Free Refrigerator

    How To Make An Electricity-Free Refrigerator

    Conventional refrigeration does an incredible job keeping food fresh, but that technology hasn’t helped desert dwellers without steady electricity. A more recent development in refrigeration — the Zeer pot-in-pot refrigerator — only requires water, sand and a hot, dry climate to preserve produce through evaporative cooling. Here’s how to make the simple gadget.