http://matt.blogs.it/ RSS feed for topic science Copyright 2007 Matt Mower. Some rights reserved. Squib/0.5.0.382 self@mattmower.com self@mattmower.com en-gb http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00002628.html Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:15:50 +0100 <p>Found via <a href="http://jng.imagine27.com/articles/2007/09/12/bottle-that-can-filter-walter-of-bacteria-and-viruses">ungrasping it all</a>: a Telegraph <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/12/nwater112.xml">news item</a> about a bottle, designed by an Ipswitch business, that can filter anything over 15nm from water.</p> <blockquote> <p>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.</p> </blockquote> <p>The 15nm filter means that even viruses can be filtered. Essentially this means you can put any old crap water you find in it and instantly get drinkable water out.</p> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00002628.html