Extremely Simple & Affordable: The Drinkable Book! It Could Just Save Thousands Of Lives
From the same group that has created the LifeStraw comes another incredible invention that has the power to drastically change the lives of thousands that currently do not have easy access to clean drinking water. The new solution is a book. The idea that a book can help to provide clean drinking water may sound a little crazy, but as the video shows it’s not only possible, but potentially even a little bit genius. As the narrator says right off the top: 3.4 million people die each year from water related disease. The Drinkable Book is an incredible solution to help aid this reality and hopefully overcome it. We all undoubtedly deserve to have access to clean drinking water.
On the Cutting Edge of Musical Innovation | Science Blogs
The Earth Harp, strung over a canyon in Malibu, CA. (Image: William Close) We live in a time of remarkable innovation: computers are getting more powerful, DNA sequencing costs are plummeting, and robotic cars are driving around Mars. Why is it then, that our music is being made just as it has been for decades? Sure, new styles ebb and flow, but turn on the radio and you’re pretty likely to hear a guitar, a voice, and some drums, powering through the same four chords. If William Close had his way, things would be different. Today, the artist/musician has over 100 novel instruments to his name, a catalog of which reads like an anthropological study of another planet. Close’s calling card, however, is the Earth Harp, “the longest stringed instrument in the world.” The enormous scale but minimal infrastructure of the instrument facilitates a multiplicity of forms, allowing the Harp to integrate into a range of environments.
Liter of Light
Liter of Light is a global open source movement with the aim to provide an ecologically and economically sustainable source of light to underprivileged households that do not have access to electricity or are unable to afford it. The invention is relatively simple. It involves filling up a 1.5L PET bottle with purified water and bleach and installing it onto the roof of a house. The water inside the bottle refracts the sunlight during the daytime and creates the same intensity as a 55 watt light bulb. History[edit] The idea of using plastic bottles for daylight was first pioneered by Alfredo Moser from Brazil in 2002.[3] Using the technology as a social enterprise was first launched in the Philippines by Illac Diaz under the MyShelter Foundation in April 2011.[4] In order to help the idea to grow sustainably, the Foundation implemented a “local entrepreneur” business model, whereby bottle bulbs are put together and installed by locals who can in turn earn a small income for their work.
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This Nanotech Toilet Uses No Water And Produces Energy From Human Waste
About 2.5 billion people do not have access to sanitised toilet facilities, according to the UN. Much of this problem lies in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 10 million children under five have died from lack of toilets since 2000. To help address this problem from the modern world, researchers from Cranfield University in the U.K. have developed a cheap, clean, and eco-friendly nanotechnology toilet that has the ability to generate energy. The Nano Membrane Toilet project started in 2012 and has since received financial support through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, as well as receiving numerous awards for design and technology. Here’s how it works: After the user “finishes their business,” a smell-proof rotating bowl drops the waste into a holding tank. For liquid waste, a nanotech membrane filters and condenses the water that passes through it, helping to remove any pathogens from the water.
