Breakthrough Low-Power Desalination and Purification Technology

by Rod Edwards on March 24, 2010

I could use this at my cottage too… and it sounds like a better option for camping than my current ceramic pump-through from MEC.

Developed by scientists at MIT, the desalination device is about the size of a postage stamp, and can be fit together into larger daisy chains. An eight-inch-wide array of the desalination chips can produce four gallons of clean water every hour, while only using as much electricity as a light bulb.

via Breakthrough Low-Power Desalination and Purification Technology Brings Clean Water To Remote Villages | Popular Science.

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