Thursday, 30 July 2015

Fontus


Fontus
Austrian designer Kristof Retezar has invented a new device for your bike that collects the moisture contained in the atmosphere, condenses it and stores it as fresh drinking water.

Project:
http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/projects/fontus-2/

Article:
http://www.sciencealert.com/new-self-filling-water-bottle-harvests-drinking-water-from-the-air

#scitech   #H2O   #innovation

5 comments:

  1. Anything that can benefit those in areas of water scarcity, but high humidity can only be a good thing, since this looks like it is applicable not just for cyclists. I do wonder though, in areas of high air pollution (like around Delhi or Beijing), how safe to drink the water is - though I guess filters for toxins could be incorporated into the design somehow

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  2. I love this idea and would totally try it.  (Too bad I live somewhere with humidity under 10% most of the time, where we desperately need more water but this doesn't work too well.)

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  3. Manuel Kim -- colorado: similar.  There was some neat research being done on fog nets for similar water harvesting a while back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_fence

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  4. Couldn't find the electricity requirement for operation, but for once it looks like the real thing - image editing software have made realistic-looking graphical science-fiction common while graphic arts schools preparing to the ads market, provide an incentive.

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  5. To może być źródło wody w podróżach po kontynencie. (metoda ekologiczna) Przy dużym udziale siły wytwarzanej w mięśniach.. Połączenie z rowerem to rozwijająca się opowieść o wędrowaniu.

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