Comments on: Wilson Solar Grill Stores the Sun’s Energy for Nighttime Fuel-Free Grilling

By: Lazalight

Lazalight — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:08:46 +0000

I know these photos are photoshopped BUT all inventions have their origins in IDEAS + THOUGHTS everything we use today was once unimaginable so before we get too down on this amazing technology idea lets celebrate innovation.

By: Kalimba

Kalimba — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:04:36 +0000

The photo montages in each happy scene leave me with a bad taste in the mouth…is this just another gadget riding on the ‘eco’ wave and ‘help the poor’ in developing countries?

By: Spotted Marley

Spotted Marley — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:24:33 +0000

wondering why these grills need to be photoshopped into the pictures. doesnt the grill actually exist? even the one with the smug looking rich people grilling is photoshopped.

By: Eleanor Russell

Eleanor Russell — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:53:15 +0000

Please make them for the European market too! I’m happy to help market them!

By: Joey Johannsen

Joey Johannsen — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:53:13 +0000

Thanks. Great idea for clean grilling, but the more sustainable suggestion would be to grill vegetables and not animal flesh. The animal industry is unsustainable and the environmental impact extremely negative.

By: Lyle Fried

Lyle Fried — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:54:33 +0000

I believe the whole Wilson solar stove you see is a scam. They never supply any additional information and the photos are all fake – Photoshop work, not actual application of the product.

Plenty of people chiming in to say how wonderful it is, but no one from Wilson to respond. Maybe if we asked how we could send tons of investment money instead of how we could apply the technology in impoverished countries we’d get a response.

By: alexandre turino

alexandre turino — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:28:49 +0000

Hello.

This is a fantastic use of knowledge.

If possible I would like to know more about the project and material involved to manufacture this grill. It seems a fresnel special lense is used and it a core of this project.

Alexandre.turino@gmail.com

By: Donna Carrillo

Donna Carrillo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:34:30 +0000

Where can we buy this?

By: lirica

lirica — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:09:26 +0000

Giant leaves for dinner again??

Instead of donating a dollar a day, Photoshop a smile on a starving African child’s face!

(thanks psdisasters)

By: mickhynzy

mickhynzy — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:45:04 +0000

Not sure of the technology, but could sodium replace the lithium? I know researchers in Perth Australia have just had a breakthrough with water based sodium ion batteries, not yet finished but looks really positive.

Sodium would make the whole system far cheaper, more accessible to developing nations and be far better for the environment. Could it work?

By: disgusted

disgusted — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:54:57 +0000

That photo is disgusting. What a PR nightmare. You’d think they’d actually go and test said grill in a 3rd world country to get the photo. It’s probably stock.

By: qoops

qoops — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:32:42 +0000

if it can cook Indian style food, I would like to be reseller and developer in India. let me know. thanks

By: Khanmirza@Hotmail.com

Khanmirza@Hotmail.com — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:12:13 +0000

Hi savior of the Planet. How much does it cost? I am currently living in India, I would like to purchase a few?

Mirza

By: KMEgan0401

KMEgan0401 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:00:55 +0000

I want one for for me in AZ! Jamaica could use these as well for jerking.

By: Lyle Fried

Lyle Fried — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:15:38 +0000

Okay, where do we learn if this is economically viable for poorer nations such as Haiti. We do a lot of outreach work there, but funds are always very tight. As much as I’d love to see this technology there, it must be affordable or it will never happen. How much?

By: MikVik790

MikVik790 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:18:09 +0000

I’m sorry but the photos look surreal – retouched photography created on someone’s desktop. Interesting idea but it is highly unlikely that the communities in need will ever receive these shiny, state of the art appliances. Great marketing scheme though – appealing to our need to provide sustainable solutions to these communities in need. but I’m not buying

By: Benjamin Nead

Benjamin Nead — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:38:40 +0000

Perhaps the best market for this thing is in industrialized countries, where it can supplant residential propane barbecues. I can’t imagine it’s going to cheap anytime soon and, yes, it appears to be a prototype. Calling you local big box store for more information will certainly get you nowhere for now.

I wouldn’t be concerned with the lithium nitrate in this grill any more than most here would be concerned with poisoning from lithium ion based batteries in their portable electronic devices. Like a battery, it’s a sealed system. The chemicals don’t become an issue unless the device is dismantled far beyond most end users would dare to venture. Like a lithium ion battery, having the heat storage element properly recycled at the end of its lifespan is what needs to be insured.

By: AndyCouturier

AndyCouturier — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:30:41 +0000

This sounds “cool’ but is it appropriate technology? Can it be made for less than $4? Probably not. So it’s not going to be feasible for poor people in Africa. The rocket stove, which can be made from an old can and some mud, costs just pennies, and can cook a whole meal with a handful of small twigs. This techno-fix thing should be viewed as old hat by the 21st century.

By: rvdesai

rvdesai — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:33:56 +0000

I would like to develop one like this in India. Could you help me in this.

By: nurultha

nurultha — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:41:55 +0000

Good invention may be good market too