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Device Pulls Drinkable Water From the Air As You Cycle

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  • Started 9 years ago by crowriver
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  1. crowriver
    Member

    "Most bicycles have a place to hold a water bottle. This isn't most bicycles. Fontus—a device created by Austrian designer Kristof Retezár—takes the standard bottle holder a step further, collecting moisture from the air in order to fill an attached water bottle with clean, drinkable water.

    Powered by solar cells, Fontus can collect about half a liter of H20 with an hour's worth of cycling and the correct weather conditions."

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/66465/device-pulls-drinkable-water-air-you-cycle#

    Useful for addaxes? Would be good in Scotland, though it would maybe need to run off a dynamo rather than solar panels...

    Posted 9 years ago #

  2. steveo
    Member

    That's pretty cool.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  3. acsimpson
    Member

    Nice idea but half a litre an hour isn't going to sustain most efforts. I wonder if it will gain efficiency over time.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  4. crowriver
    Member

    Depends what the effort is. A large bidon holds 0.75 litres. Most long distance cyclists will carry two of these, perhaps one with water and another with energy drink of some sort or an electrolyte solution. Bidons might be topped up/refilled at cafe stops, where additional hydration will be taken on board in the form of tea/coffee, etc.

    So 0.5 litres per hour seems maybe excessive for most cycling except maybe out and out racing.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  5. AKen
    Member

    Some days, I could collect water from the atmosphere whilst cycling by use of a large bucket.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  6. wingpig
    Member

    In misty weather a beard can collect almost a mouthful of water over the course of a commute.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  7. crowriver
    Member

    On cold days, my beard collects about a half glass of water from my condensed breath over the course of about twenty minutes or so cycling...

    Posted 9 years ago #

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