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[[File:Kyoto_box.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Probably due the poor cooking performance or the original design, Jon Bohmer has modified the design of the Kyoto Box to be more similar to earlier [[box cookers]]. An interesting innovation is the use of a white reflector instead of one covered with [[Reflective material|aluminum foil or Mylar]].]]
  
[[File:Kyoto_box.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Probably due the poor cooking performance or the original design, Jon Bohmer has modified the design of the Kyoto Box to be more similar to earlier [[box cookers]]. An interesting innovation is the use of a white reflector instead of one covered with [[Reflective material|aluminum foil or Mylar]].]]
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Latest revision as of 19:18, June 27, 2012

Kyoto Box
The original Kyoto Box design. See below for updated design.
Tom SponheimAdded by Tom Sponheim

When Jon Bohmer sat down with his two little girls for a simple project they could work on together, he didn't realize they'd hit upon a solution to one of the world's biggest problems for just $5: A solar-powered oven. Inventor Jon Bohmer with the oven he has made out of a cardboard box.

The ingeniously simple design uses two cardboard boxes, one inside the other, and an acrylic cover that lets in the sun's rays and traps them.

Black paint on the inner box, and silver foil on the outer one, help concentrate the heat. The trapped rays make the inside hot enough to cook casseroles, bake bread and boil water.

[Text copied from http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/09/solar.oven.global.warming/index.html]

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News and recent developmentsEdit

Design of theYear UK box oven.jpg
Selected at London Week: Designs of the Year
Paul HedrickAdded by Paul Hedrick

Design discussionEdit

Minimum Solar Box Cooker Photo small
The "Minimum" Solar Box Cooker uses a single back reflector that is very easily tilted up and down to track the sun instead of tilting the entire cooker as is the case with the Kyoto Box.
Tom SponheimAdded by Tom Sponheim

This design, while simple, has a number of shortcomings:

  • The reflectors will not stay in position with even the slightest wind.
  • When the sun is not straight overhead, in order to make use of the reflectors, the entire box has to be tipped up to face the sun. This causes the cooking pot(s) to slide around and spill food.

Rather than have four reflectors, it is much more desirable to have a single rear reflector such as in the "Minimum" Solar Box Cooker design.

Revised designEdit

Kyoto box
Probably due the poor cooking performance or the original design, Jon Bohmer has modified the design of the Kyoto Box to be more similar to earlier box cookers. An interesting innovation is the use of a white reflector instead of one covered with aluminum foil or Mylar.
Abigail FayAdded by Abigail Fay

Audio and videoEdit

Kyoto Box Solar Cooker(02:12)
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External linksEdit

ContactEdit

http://www.kyoto-energy.com

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