TAIWAN – Student team wins prize for innovative coffee machine

MILAN – Taiwan emerged as the biggest winner at the British Invention Show 2010 (Bis) that ended Saturday, capturing 12 gold and two silvers, as well as special awards of diamond, platinum and double-gold medals.
 
A student team from Far East University in Tainan won four gold medals for its coffee machine capable of adjusting caffeine content and aroma strength, a device designed to completely destroy information stored on a CD disc, a water-saving planting container, and a solar-powered vacuum tube heat collector.