Built dumb. Built to last.

Back to the sheet The sheet Camembert storage · C
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C · Level 0 · No electricity Dumb as a rock

Zeer pot

$40–80Buy on Amazon
Estimate. Prices change.

A clay pot inside a bigger clay pot with wet sand between them. As the water evaporates it pulls the heat out of whatever sits inside. It will not hold a Camembert at 4 °C in August, but nobody can turn it into an oven from another country either.

Repairable
Opens with common tools, spare parts are available, and replacement parts work without the maker unlocking them.
Calm
Does not compete for your attention: no notifications, feeds or endless content. Does its job and gets out of the way.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisZeer pot
What it replacesSmart oneRemotely managed supermarket fridge
2
Power cut
TRUE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
FALSE
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
FALSE
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
TRUE
FALSE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
6 of 66/6
0 of 60/6

The smart one is the Remotely managed supermarket fridge.

Its row

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Two clay pots, wet sand and evaporation. The firmware is water.

Zeer pot

$40–80
Repairable · Calm
Zeer pot$40–80
Buy on Amazon