Inc.: Consumers are becoming more aware of the contaminants, like nitrates, in drinking water. That leaves a huge opportunity for companies to purify water without the use of chemicals. One such company is HydroNovation, based in San Francisco. It makes residential and commercial water treatment systems that use a chemical-free process called electrodeionization to soften […]
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Think swimming with the dolphins is exciting? How about swimming like a dolphin?! Invented by French jet ski champion Franky Zapata, the Flyboard allows daredevils to leap in and out of the water like an aquatic mammal. It can even do backward-somersaults. Although it’s similar to the Jetlev released earlier this year, the Jetlev doesn’t
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KSAT.com: The heart of his invention is Sears Kenmore 70-pint dehumidifier. Condensed water is further purified and sterilized with filters and ultraviolet light. It takes about three days to make 40 gallons of ultra-pure water that are stored in a food-grade plastic barrel. The parts to the machine cost around $700 but he can sell
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If you’re the kind of person who gets in lake on the first day of summer, and doesn’t get back out until Labor Day, you’re in the target market for a new product out of Minnesota called the Flaming Floater. The Flaming Floater is, as you might have guessed from the name, a floating BBQ
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SOURCE: PelamisWave.com Sea Snake Inventor – Richard Yemm – Gets Awarded The Pelamis absorbs the energy of ocean waves and converts it into clean, green electricity. The Pelamis is an offshore wave energy converter that uses the motion of waves to generate electricity. The machine operates in water depths greater than 50m and is typically
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The Huffington Post: Despite how silly it sounds, water-fueled vehicles do exist. The most famous is Stan Meyer’s dune buggy, which achieved 100 miles per gallon and might have become more commonplace had Meyer not succumbed to a suspicious brain aneurysm at 57. Insiders have loudly claimed that Meyer was poisoned after he refused to
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What if you could cut food with a high-pressure jet of water and leave the food completely dry? Now you can: Water jets are a surprisingly efficient method of slicing, and they’re more hygienic than using a blade, which can harbor bacteria. This ultra high-pressure water jet forces a stream of drinking water between 15,000
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Ever spilled your coffee or, heaven-forbid, dropped your cellphone into the toilet? Popular Science has up a profile of a product demoed this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that will protect your phone from such mishaps. Liquipel covers devices inside and out with a transparent coating thinner than a human hair
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Daily Mail: Next time you see a dog lapping thirstily at a toilet bowl, pause for thought – next time, it could be you. A new invention – funded by Bill Gates – aims to turn used toilet water into drinking water. Manchester University’s Sarah Haigh is an expert in nanotechnology – the science of
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Inc.: Perhaps no one understands the value of water better than a farmer. Most people regard water as a limitless resource, but farmers are all too familiar with its limits. So it’s fitting, then, that one of the most innovative technologies to recently enter the world of water conservation was invented not by a highly
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