This 'self-filling' water bottle turns air into drinking water

[Recursion]

Cool

http://www.techinsider.io/the-fontus-self-filling-water-bottle-2016-1

Fontus, a water bottle that takes in moisture from surrounding air, can produce clean, drinkable water in under an hour (assuming the air is also relatively clean).

Created by Austrian industrial designer Kristof Retezár, Fontus was designed to help people in water-scarce areas, including some 1.2 billion people around the world. Rather than relying on complex water purification systems, Retezár wanted to make something simple and portable.

"This is simply condensation of the humidity that is contained in the air," Retezár told Live Science.

When humid air flows into the device, it hits a series of hydrophobic "teeth," which look kind of like toothbrush bristles, that help turn the water vapor into actual droplets. A small solar panel on the top of Fontus keeps a battery charged.

They're still working on the filtering system, but this is cool.

[MrScorpio]

1. "Retezár says the bottle works best between 86 degrees and 104 degrees Fahrenheit…"

"…And between 80 and 90% humidity."

DC in the summertime, baby!

[pnwmom]

3. I remember summers like that. And I never want to live in a place where the bottle would work again.

[FLPanhandle]

13. Or Florida most of th year.

Would be nice to have on the boat.

[Android3.14]

2. This is not a solution to scarce clean drinking water

At $100 per unit, it's a gimmick for well-heeled cyclists with very little sense.

I'll stick with my aluminum bottle rack and tap water.

[Recursion]

11. The underlying technology could prove useful in e.g. India

Where there's a whole lot of water in the air and not much potable water in the ground.

[Logical]

15. LOL, not a long term thinker i assume. Nt

[madokie]

4. Way cool

I like reading this kind of stories as I keep hoping that someday someone will figure out how humans can live sustainably in conjunction with our fellow inhabitants of this world

As it is now we're slowly destroying the planet that allows us to be to begin with
I'm not even sure slowly fits anymore.

[Orrex]

5. But I was going to go to Toshi Station

[Frank Cannon]

6. You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done.

[annabanana]

7. Probably won't work as well in Phoenix..

not much humidity in the air out there...

[angstlessk]

8. but you have to bike to fill the bottle?

seems like the liquid lost cycling is about the amount of water collected?
I may be naive...but...?

[dembotoz]

9. not a golden bullet but perhaps useful sometimes

where i live is too cold but could be a lifesaver elsewhere

[hunter]

10. A similar discussion, including a "just a plastic tarp" version...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/112785412

[Recursion]

12. We made one of those in Boy Scouts

Cool stuff.

[FLPanhandle]

14. Put some on a liferaft

Actually, good to have on any boat.