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Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable | Video on TED.com

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Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.
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What's the trick to getting it to play?
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Trick? I just navigated there, and it started.
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Here is the video on youtube:
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Way cool - they're already for sale. They're a bit pricey - $150 - but this would be much better in our emergency supply closet than a stack of water bottles.

Amazon.com: Lifesaver Bottle 4000 Ultra Filtration Water Bottle: Sports & Outdoors Amazon.com: Lifesaver Bottle 4000 Ultra Filtration Water Bottle: Sports & Outdoors

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The Lifesaver bottle eliminates the need for iodine tablets, tedious boiling, chemicals, tubes, shaking, scrubbing, waiting, and effort from the water purification process. The bottle uses a long-term use replaceable filter, which can treat about 4,000 liters of water, 5.5 years of usage if you drank two liters of water every day. The bottle has a unique feature, which shuts the filter off when the cartridge has expired so you can get the maximum life out of your filter without the risk of drinking contaminated water.
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Very cool- There are some other similar things out there being piloted for developing countries. I will see if I can find the link and post that too. Gotta love clean water!
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