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Twenty years in the can: the beer that cools itself

Invented in 1987, it could finally hit the shops by 2009

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Iain S Bruce, Technology Editor

It does what it says on the tin: dispensing cold beer straight out of the shopping bag. In a move that could change the face of the barbecue forever, a Florida company has announced that it is gearing up for production of the world's first can that cools itself.