You can now turn air into water

 

Austrian industrial designer, Kristof Retezár, has just designed a water bottle that can harvest moisture from air and produce clean, drinkable water in under an hour. Using condensation of humidity contained in the air, Fontus is the world’s first self-filling water bottle.

(澳大利亚工业设计师Kristof Retezár研发了一个空气集水瓶Fontus,可以从空气中提取水分,并且能够转化成能直接饮用的饮用水。据悉在气候条件都适宜的前提下,每小时可以采集0.5升干净的饮用水。)

 

With Fontus, Retezár hopes to provide an alternative way of collecting safe drinking water, a great solution for drought-prone regions as well as adventurers. It is reported that under certain climatic conditions, Fontus can collect up to 0.5 litres of clean drinking water per hour.

According to an article by ITHome (IT家):

这个Fontus空气集水瓶的原理就是依靠冷却湿热空气来收集水分。在水瓶中配有一个小型的半导体制冷片,其被分为两部分各自隔离开来。在通电后,半导体制冷片温度开始变化,上半部温度下降而底部温度升高。当空气经过内部的冷却器,与半导体制冷片发生反应,可以直接将空气中的水分液化,然后流入底部的瓶中。同时,由于Fontus内部各工作系统都需要供电,所以在水瓶的顶部还内置了小面积的太阳能电池板可以进行充电。

While the design is not perfect, designer Retezár is currently making updates to the Fontus as he crowdfunds the project on Indiegogo.

 

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