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No, it’s not a radio, or a set of portable speakers for your iPod. What you’re staring at is a picture of the solution to the world’s water shortage problems.
Seriously.
The WaterMill by Element Four is capable of extracting water from humid air and converting it into fresh tasting, perfectly potable water. One of the things that makes it unique is that the device is meant to be stuck on the outside of your house, not inside. Element Four claims that the inside of your home is 70% more polluted than the outside, which means you’ll get cleaner water, and as a bonus it won’t dry out the air inside your home. If you’re worrying about the air quality in your smoggy city you can stop, because the ultraviolet sterilization is good enough to handle it.
The WaterMill also does a few nice things for you without you having to ask it. It minimizes power consumption by checking the dew point every three minutes and making sure to operate just below it, maximizing efficiency. According to the press release, it’s so efficient that the 12 liters of water it can suck out of the air a day should only cost you three cents a pop, which is quite a savings over bottled water. It also keeps track of temperature and humidity and tells you when the water is ready. Perhaps our favorite thing that it does, however, is beam that bright wide smile at you all day long, like it’s saying thank you without you having to ask it first.
You guys see that too, right?
The Watermill is also convenient, able to hook up to your existing forms of water distribution like your kitchen sink or fridge dispenser, as well as to special Element Four Watermill products. The 12 liters (which is 13 quarts or 3.2 gallons) produced daily is rated by Element Four as enough to quench the thirst of a family of six. And if it wasn’t eco-friendly enough for you, by mid 2009 a solar/wind powered version should become available for sale, although for the present it’ll run it on the grid.
Availability should begin in February 2009. This device has a lot of potential, and we can’t wait to see it become widely used in the days to come.
Find more information here: Elementfour
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