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| JEFF FITLOW | |
| Staff and students at the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen were treated to a free treat of steamed potatoes this week when inventor Jean Boubour tested the newest model of his solar cooking system, the Capteur Soleil. Boubour, left, worked with Claire Krebs ’09, right, and associate professor Doug Schuler of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business to commercialize the low-tech solar technology in underdeveloped communities. The device uses mirrors to focus sunlight and create steam for a double-boiler-style cooking system that can be used to prepare food, sterilize medical instruments and do other tasks that typically require expensive fuel. Schuler and Boubour’s first Capteur Soleil is being tested this summer at St. Barthelemy School in Terrier Rouge, Haiti. The newly tested model, which was finished this week at the Design Kitchen, is bound for Nicaragua. |
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