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Bicycle Bottle System Condenses Humidity From Air Into Drinkable Water

Posted by samzenpus on from the water-water-everywhere dept.

Diggester writes The weight of water limits how much can be brought on a long bike ride. There isn't always an option to stop and fill up from a clean stream or drinking fountain, but water could be obtained from a different source: the air. Austrian industrial design student Kristof Retezár has created Fontus: a prototype of a water bottle system that condenses humid air into clean, drinkable water. His design made him a finalist for the 2014 James Dyson Award.

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  1. Re:Hmmm ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, of all the possible places this could be used it seems bizarre he decided to focus on the cyclist market.

  2. Re:Hmmm ... by i+kan+reed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Point of fact: it's just an air conditioner. The only difference is that it uses mechanical power instead of electrical to run its heat pump.