Fresher cookers: User-Focused Design

Dec 4th 2008

From The Economist print edition

Technology and development: The humble cooking stove is being overhauled around the world with the help of “user focused” design

Environfit International Link

IF USER demand were the sole driver of innovation, the biomass cooking stove would be one of the most sophisticated devices in the world. Depending on which development agency you ask, between two-and-a-half and three billion people—nearly half the world’s population—use a stove every day, in conjunction with solid fuel such as wood, dung or coal. Yet in many parts of the world the stove has barely progressed beyond the Stone Age. FULL ARTICLE >>

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