third world

Einstein's design required no electricity and had no moving parts. Although it was less efficent at the time, Malcolm McCulloch, an electrical engineer, believes he may be able to quadruple the efficiency.

Colorado State's EECL is actively working with Envirofit International to design low cost, high performance cookstoves for the developing world. Indoor air pollution from cookstoves causes over 1.5 million premature deaths each year. Through support from the Shell Foundation, the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory and Envirofit plan to disseminate 10 million improved cookstoves around the world in the next 5 years.

Chip giant refuses requests to kill OLPC rival Classmate PC, leaving project struggling.