Also see lifestraw.com
Udhay
http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/18/lifestraw-purifies-water-instantly-for-under-2-a-year/
LifeStraw purifies water instantly for under $2 a year
Posted Aug 18th 2005 4:30AM by Marc Perton
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
There are gadgets that make life more fun, and
then there are gadgets that make life possible.
The LifeStraw from Denmark's Vestergaard Frandsen
Group has the potential to fall into the latter
category. A device about the size of a large pen
or drinking straw, the LifeStraw is a complete
water purification kit that draws its power from
the person sucking down the water. The LifeStraw
is the product of ten years of development work,
based on the goal of creating an efficient,
affordable water-purification system for the
developing world, where water-borne illnesses are
a major killer. When produced in quantity, each
LifeStraw which uses a combination of mesh
filters, iodine-impregnated beads and active
carbon to remove particulate matter and bacteria
is expected to cost under $2 and be able to
provide a year's worth of pure drinking water.
When and if this hits the market, we hope to see
some worthy charity distributing them by the
millions (you listening, Bill and Melinda?).
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((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
