The iDro
aims to solve the problems associated with contaminated water consumption among
populations that have minimal access to clean water. This well-researched and
designed device offers a carbon filter and heating element that decontaminate
enough water to meet daily drinking requirements. By using a hand crank, it
generates renewable energy to sustainably heat water with disease-carrying
bacteria and can be easily & cheaply repaired. While I don’t understand the
lifestyle of people in water insecure areas, I do think the iDro would be a
helpful measuring device for how much one individual should drink, it could be
a resource-free heat source, and it would be appealing to they charities the
inventors are targeting. There was obviously a lot of research behind the
engineering of the iDro, from the graphic design, to the energy output
calculations, to the materials and costs. I could see this project being useful
both at this scale and in the form of a larger, communal device.
Overall, I
think the iDro project satisfies genuine problems that millions of people face
on a daily basis. The combination of cost-effective, sustainable engineering
with direct plans for applications makes this device really appealing to me,
and I’m sure it would be appealing to those who need clean drinking water.
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