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Swedish Machine Turns Sweat Into Drinking Water

Posted by timothy on from the frank-herbert-smiles-from-the-beyond dept.

New submitter Taffykay writes "Swedish designers developed the Sweat Machine to drain perfectly good drinking water from sweaty clothes! PR Agency Deportivo has teamed up with UNICEF to show off the machine at the Gotha Cup youth soccer tournament in order to highlight how many people around the world lack access to basic drinking water."

2 of 105 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Waterworld! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are you fucking kidding me? Somebody develops a stillsuit and you think of Waterworld? This site isn't what it used to be.

  2. Re: Waterworld! by Sparticus789 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dune Stillsuits reclaimed all water that was excreted by the body. From sweat to waste products, and even including the moisture from breath. That's why they had the nose plugs.

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