AFPS ( Analog food preservation system Projects)
The grade 10 earthquake that occurred in Chile in the central and southern area of the country showed us various problems that arise in a state of catastrophe. That year we were in refugee camps understanding human aspects of people. In 2011, this project was the winner of a competitive fund in order to create a beta prototype, being put into practice in poor neighborhoods in Santiago.
The objective of that project was to prolong the life of food without electricity
Analog food preservation system
Cobquecura in the bio-bio region - Chile, was the area in which we began to collect information regarding the earthquake and tsunami of 2010.
After that, the project advanced to the city to be tested in low-income neighborhoods.
Context: After natural events such as an earthquake or tsunami, there is no power, so some foods decompose.
This problem was extrapolated to poor families in Santiago, who with limited resources, must efficiently manage food that is sometimes lost due to the lack of electricity.
Problem: Acceleration of food decomposition due to lack of electricity in emergency contexts and under the context of poor families.
Solution: Inhibition of food bags, using beverage bottles as vacuum pumps.
Many know the machines that vacuum seal bags with food inside. However, poor families do not have access to these types of products. It is for them that giving a second useful life to the bottles as vacuum pumps and complementing them with conservation bags emerged as an alternative for this group of people.
Mockup of the first prototype. The valve was designed and the bottle was tested using everyday objects.
The vacuum reached was -60 atmospheres.
Show with users who test the prototype.
Part of the process was teaching how to use this product.
Recording of the user experience, by the entity that granted the economic resources. Techo innovation center for Chile, today Socialab.