Aquaduct Bike Purifies Water As You Pedal

Mike writes "Winner of the '08 Innovate or Die competition sponsored by Google and Specialized, the Aquaduct is a pedal-powered concept vehicle that transports, filters, and stores water. The design has massive implications for communities where safe and secure sources of drinking water are not readily accessible."

Comments

I love the idea, but . . .

[arizwebfoot]

What about Beer?

Have they come up with something that will take my beer pee and filter it into water?

I live in Arizona and that would be a great thing to have in the desert.

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Oh Well, Bad Karma and all . . .

Re:I love the idea, but . . .

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Umm, Bear Gryll's has assured me many times that it is OK to drink my pee, unfiltered.

Re:I love the idea, but . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Umm, Bear Gryll's has assured me many times that it is OK to drink my pee, unfiltered.

Yes, but would you drink MY pee unfiltered??

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Re:Useless

[MyLongNickName]

I do applaud the effort. However, I know our church funded a mission to take water from a river, pipe it to the village and filter it. Not only did it do what this bike does, it saves about a half dozen villagers from being eaten by alligators. The villagers are happy about this. The alligators less so. The locals did the manual work so that they could handle basic repairs if needed.

I believe the village was called Pittsburgh...

Re:Useless

[Anonymous Coward]

Now all they have to worry about is Pirates

Re:Interesting

[MaxwellEdison]

Great idea. We'll make evaporator farms. We can also use these remote places to allow young people the time to safely grow up into universe changing Jedi. Step 2) Womp Rats.