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Sure Chill Technology : ウィキペディア英語版 | Sure Chill Technology Sure Chill is a cooling technology which is currently being used in medical refrigerators, but has wider potential in the future for domestic refrigerators and beverage coolers.〔("True Energy refrigerators cool for ten days without power". ) ''GizMag'', 31 January 2011. 〕 According to BBC, the refrigerator 'can stay at 4C for more than 10 days without power, and is used mainly in Africa' to store vaccines and other medical supplies. It can be powered by electricity or solar and uses the physics of water to store energy, thus not relying on batteries.〔("Vaccine fridge firm's Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant" ). ''BBC News'', 14 March 2013.〕 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/technology/article4086699.ece In 2013 the technology that uses an ice-mass to maintain refrigerator temperature without power won a $100,000 research award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.〔Gaved, Andrew. ("Vaccine technology wins grant" ). ''Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Magazine'', 26 February 2013.〕 In 2014, the company was awarded a further $1.4 Million from the Gates Foundation to develop a life-saving vaccine cooler as part of the foundation’s goal to eliminate preventable diseases worldwide. == The Inventor ==
Ian Tansley is the inventor of the technology in Tywyn, Wales with extensive experience in cooling technologies. Tansley spent many years working with vaccine refrigerators in some of the world’s most inhospitable places.〔("Chilled out entrepreneur gets a further £1m investment" ). ''Daily Post'', 26 June 2013.〕 A constant frustration for him was their dependence on re-chargeable batteries which were costly, unreliable and hard to replace in remote areas.〔("Keep vaccines cool in hot countries". ) ''Manufacturing Chemist Pharma'', 17 December 2010.〕
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