Eco Factor: Solar powered water collector and purifier.
With more than a billion people on our planet still striving hard for fresh water, industrial designers have started thinking of new ways to quench the thirst of these individuals using natural resources. Designers Chun Yen Tsao and Hsing-Tan Yang have created a concept water collector and purifier that works using solar energy and can one day help provide safe drinking water to the masses.
Christened the Swater, the portable awl-shaped device collects distilled water from the condensation that builds up inside it. Moreover, it also carries photovoltaic cells on its cap that generate renewable energy, which is used by the device to run the electrical heating tube and disinfecting light that purifies water.
Via: YankoDesign
