Bottle Capable Of Cleaning Dirtiest Of Water

Sure, this isn’t really gadget news, but it’s interesting nonetheless. An Ipswich man has created a £190 bottle that will cleanse any dirty water you put in it. Apparently, it can filter through 4,000 – 6,000 litres of water before ever needing a filter change, which is a huge benefit in itself. The bottle can filter out anything over 15 nanometres long, including fecal matter. The military is obviously quite interested, but there are numerous situations where it could prove useful if ever put into mass production, such as for hikers and campers.

Mr Pritchard, who runs a water treatment business in Ipswich, was inspired after watching coverage of the tsunami in south-east Asia on Boxing Day 2004 and of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana the following year. He was amazed to see refugees waiting for days to get any fresh water. He said: “Something had to be done. It took me a little while and some very frustrating prototypes but eventually I did it.”

Source: Telegraph UK