Passion Worth Blogging: Life Saver Bottle
TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a set of conferences built around the theme “Ideas worth spreading.” Speakers from various professional fields share their research, life, and ideas. All videos are uploaded onto their website and is free for viewing and viewable in Canada too (none of that “you’re not in the USA so you can’t watch this” crap). I’ve been inspired by many of these talks, and I think lots of people would benefit from seeing individuals around the world working on what they are passionate about. Great ideas need to be shared, so let’s start sharing.
The first video I’d like to share is speaker Michael Pritchard, the inventor of Life Saver Bottle.
Basically, the concept is a filter bottle that filters at a smaller diameter than most filters. Thus, it filters out bacteria, viruses and other organisms from water at higher than approved rates, which is a big concern if you are receiving water from polluted areas.
Amidst the Japanese and China earthquakes that occurred within 1 hour of each other (the one in China has been relatively unnoticed because the one Sendai, Japan is more severe), it has made me think about this bottle and its potential use for those desperately needing water in the event of a disaster. If not for the price ($149 USD), I would definitely buy myself one just in case. Vancouver is sitting near major faults, similar to the situation in Japan, therefore making Vancouver a prime target for earthquakes. Also, coupled with the fact that many Vancouver buildings are not up to modern seismic standards, meaning they are not able to withstand earthquake tremors and are more prone to collapse, an earthquake could have very devastating effects for Vancouver. Although I have not researched on the statistics of how helpful this bottle would be, I think the concept is admirable and I’m glad to see some people of our world trying to help others.
There are many news networks that are keeping up with the news with the recent Japanese earthquake. NHK World, a Japanese broadcasting company, has English-translated news. Aljazeer is also quite good and unbiased. If you know any good websites, please put them in the comment box. Ideas worth spreading, guys.
(Pics and video: TED.com)
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Posted on March 14, 2011, in Life, Passion Worth Blogging, YouTube and tagged china, earthquake, japan, sendai, ted, vancouver. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Holy crap that is amazing.
And you know the fact that it can make water pretty much sterile will make this so much more demanding in research labs. No more autoclaves!
I remember seeing that talk a couple of years ago. Thanks for sharing! I think this technology would be of much greater need in many parts of the world which currently lack sanitised water. Water-borne diseases are highly prevalent even in places without natural disasters.
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