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Cincinnati Man Invents Device To Help Developing World

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published September 6, 2013 at 6:47 AM EDT

A Cincinnati inventor believes he has a solution to save millions of lives in developing countries. Patrick Sherwin is peddling a vacuum tube with reflectors that cooks food completely with the sun's heat. Sherwin says the fuel-free device could reduce deaths in the developing world caused by indoor air pollution from open fires.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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