Solar Bottle solar-powered water purification bottle kills germs dead

Published: September 3, 2007, 7:01 am

Tags: solar, solar bottle, solar power, solarbottle, solarpower, water, water purification, waterpurification

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Water purification is generally an energy-intensive, wasteful operation, but designers Alberto Medo and Francisco Gomez Paz have done a neat end-run around those problems with their Solar Bottle, a portable water bottle that purifies water using the sun. The bottle, which holds just over a gallon of water, uses a purification process called SODIS that takes six hours to kill off a whole host of baddies, including Oregon Trail favorites cholera, typhoid and dysentery. Just a concept for now, but the design has been well-received and won several awards, so hopefully someone will step up and take it into production soon.[Via Inhabitat] Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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