Hawaii man invents solar cooker

I applied for a patent on a solar collector with a vauume tube and copper element very similar to this guys back in 1995. I had some personal problems like getting divorced and being broke and the patent was abandoned. Common all your rich maximum profit bottom line bourgoiese people; keep in vesting in bombs and oil let's get it over with! You all want to destroy the Earth in a final appocalypse of your own making, I can't stop you. Here is some footage of my invention from the last century at about 3 1/2 minutes into the pod: http://current.com/items/87939631_local_ideas

This is really great. I have to try it out. Food looks tasty too...

I made a small version of that in 7th grade science class and cooked--the concept isn't new, but making it widely available for cheap would be awesome. I'd have one.

Make it half the size and he's got a billion dollar product.

keithponder: did you read the article? it's SUPER cheap!
This is awesome. I hope it gets out to people that need it. Hell, with the economy in america going the way it is, we may ALL need one just to get by!!

thats a cool idea, i think id use one

sweet article!
- this is perhaps is something I would've imagined Bill Nye The Science Guy having a tutorial in one of his episodes.

Plans for building your own solar cookers:

http://solarcooking.org/plans/default.htm

i think that they are cheap to build for oneself. i first saw solar cookers a few years ago at a music and learning festival in the mounts of colorado.
the key is simply mirrors and insulation. things tend to be cheaper if you don't wait for a manufacturer to market them, but create your own version.... :)

love some of the stuff we make. some of the other stuff not so impressive

Is it cheap to buy one?

Great stuff!!
We humans can be so cool if we are given a chance.
Simple and elegant solutions to critical problems.

..we need to keep on our toes and not let oil interests and other conglomerates join with the media stop the free flow of information. Last generation before the internet could be easily controlled by a few outlets.. They made us invest our resources in super highways and suburban sprawl that was bad for civilization but good for profits. Whatever happened to Electric Vehicles? My father told me told me one of the pioneers was found dead. Challenging as it may be we NEED to keep on our toes and not let them take our minds and treasury over again.
GO FREE MEDIA

I wonder if he could do the boiling water/turbine power generator thing when he's not cooking food. That would be all kinds of legit.

sounds cheap too!!! and price is the key factor when it comes to making any product a viable eco-friendly replacement for the general public.

I hope to see this at BBQ's soon, I mean you usually have BBQs on sunny days anyway, right?

This is very practical. How would restaurants use this invention? I'm just saying.

hopefully george foreman will pick it up.

Sustainable with minimal impact. Great for sunny days.

Eco kine grindz

Yeah, bra! Environmentally friendly grindz!

Very cool, very practical.

Ingenuity at its best! We need more people with minds like that. It's cheap, it can help save the environment, AND it'll save lives. Bravo.

I imagine we'll start seeing them at barbeques in the near future.