Biking cross-country through rough terrain may mean that access to fresh, drinkable water may be limited. But what if there was a device that could "pull" moisture from the air and transform it into drinking water? That's the idea behind Austrian designer Kristof Retezár's Fontus, a "self-filling" water bottle that can make water out of thin air.
The solar-powered bike accessory uses a Peltier Element to generate water. It's essentially a cooler with two chambers that facilitates condensation, and takes in air as the bike moves, which is then slowed and cooled down by barriers that allows it to condense and form water, which is channelled and collected in the bottle.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2015, @01:05PM
Why hope to get enough solar power for this thing to work when the person peddling the bicycle is generating a lot of energy themselves?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2015, @05:19PM
Why hope to get enough humid air for this thing to work when the person peddling the bicycle is generating a lot of pee themselves?