Emirati Innovators showcase their creations

Fed up of having to run for cover to escape the UAE’s baking summer heat, Emirati sisters Aysha and Noura Al Hamiri decided to come up with a solution.

The result, their prototype design for a hands-free personal air-conditioning unit, was one of hundreds of inventions, technological creations and imaginative ideas on display at Innovator 2014 in Abu Dhabi.

“Two weeks ago, I had the idea for this,” said Aysha, 33, who works at Al Ain University. “I don’t like the hot weather, and every time I went outside I wished I had some sort of protection.”