Warm beer at a barbecue may never be a problem again, after a young inventor found a unique way of cooling the liquid refreshment thanks to the applications of industrial gases, reports the International Institute of Refrigeration.
Devising a convenient and stress-free means of cooling, set 22-year old New Zealand inventor Kent Hodgson thinking and resulted in the Huski, a device that turns a tepid beverage into a cold drink within seconds.
Thanks to the surface temperature of dry ice (-78.5°C), the portable device has a cooling capacity almost four times that of regular ice.
What’s more, Huski doesn’t dilute down the drink and is described by its pioneer as being ‘extremely simple’. The device was among the 30 exhibits from top graduates of Massey University’s Auckland School of Design, shown during Design Exposure 2007.
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