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No matter if you’re at a picnic, a festival, or a beach outing, nothing can be more frustrating than finding your favorite cold beverage has turned warm.

Regardless of how long it stays in the refrigerator, canned beverages rapidly heat up once removed—this is particularly true during summertime when we enjoy drinking outside.

Currently, an ingenious Welsh engineer believes he has discovered a solution by developing the world’s first commercially feasible self-cooling beverage can.

James Vyse, once a mixologist and now an entrepreneur hailing from Swansea, created an aluminum gadget in his bedroom and now aims to bring it worldwide.

With just the press of a button, the sides of this entirely recyclable can become cooled – all without needing any electricity, batteries, or charging ports.

Currently, major players in the beverages industry such as Carlsberg and Coca-Cola are showing interest in the device, set for trial in London this coming summer.

Mr. Vyse showcased the can – with only 10 highly finished prototypes in existence – during a clandestine event.
London
location for MailOnline.

He mentioned that consumers are increasingly carrying around canned beverages. However, when they do this, the contents tend to cool down.

My creation allows the user to choose when to chill the can, whether they’re at the beach, music festivals, having a picnic with friends, going for a hike, fishing, or even during a marathon.

‘I find it concerning that so many cans are still being enjoyed at room temperature; it’s hard for me to accept that contemporary packaging solutions haven’t advanced more!’

Mr. Vyse has established a firm named Delta H Innovations to promote his completely patented invention, which relies on rather simple scientific principles.

Even though it appears to be a 500ml can, it really contains 350ml of beverage because of an internal, slim chamber that circles the walls and base.

The bottom part – where a plastic button is situated – holds water.

Once the button is pushed, the water gets thrust upward into the walls containing salt crystals (causing it to shake similar to a maraca).

Upon contacting the water and salts, an ‘endothermic’ cooling reaction occurs, swiftly lowering the temperature of the walls.

Once the button was pressed, MailOnline discovered that the object could change from lukewarm to chilly within just a few seconds.

Unfortunately, there’s no drinkable liquid inside for me to taste – it is a prototype after all.

However, upon being promoted, this innovation might be the key factor in ensuring that a drink stays cold right up until the very last sip.

At a music festival during summertime when temperatures soar, the cooling impact would typically persist for approximately 20 to 30 minutes; however, in milder climates, this could extend up to 45 minutes.

Nevertheless, this is a single-use response, indicating that once completed, the can should be placed in the recycling bin similar to other containers.

The creator believes that customers might have to pay an additional 10 to 20 pence for the self-cooling feature, as opposed to a standard can offering the same amount of beverage.

Beverage cans typically use aluminum for their construction; however, this material tends to efficiently transfer heat from our hands when we grip them.

Additionally, the self-cooling can’s hollow walls offer a built-in insulating layer that shields the contents from external warmth.

Approximately two decades ago, according to Mr. Vyse, Coca-Cola poured millions into developing a self-chilling can but eventually lost interest as no viable solution was realized.

Meanwhile,
the doomed 500ml Chillcan
— created by the Joseph Company in California — was never released for sale.

Chillcan introduced compressed CO2 into the solution; however, Mr. Vyse sought a variant that would avoid emitting ecologically damaging aerosols.

His solution, recognized as the initial economically feasible self-chilling can, is drawing interest from leading global can producers.

He mentioned significant interest from various companies such as Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, Marks & Spencer (M&S), and Suntory America, which is renowned for its whiskies and ready-to-drink cocktail offerings.

Following the tests in London this summer, he aims for it to be available by 2026, capable of holding cooled beers, ciders, white wines, cocktails, or perhaps just soft drinks.

“I wish for this to be promoted as a British innovation set to transform the globe,” he stated to MailOnline.

The first canned beer originated from Wales, making it come full circle.

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