Ever thought of taking his own sweat, it was not possible. :), But
now in Sweden have been there a machine that can transform sweat into water
suitable to drink. This machine was designed and created by Andreas Hammar, a
technician who is famous in Sweden.
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Mesin Sweat for Water | foto : unicef.org.uk |
This machine is able to absorb sweat and heat on materials that
are wet and the water vapor produced will be delivered through a specially
designed membrane can only be traversed by water molecules.
Andreas Hammar said since this machine was launched Monday in
Gothenburg last week, more than 1,000 people have been 'drinking water' sweat
'this''. Water generated from the engine is also claimed to be cleaner than tap
water.
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Many people who have tried drinking 'water sweat' is. | gothiacup.se |
Hammar said that this machine was made and dedicated to the UN
children's agency, Unicef, to promote the campaign on the fact 780 million
people worldwide have difficulties to access clean water.
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Andreas Hammar said the important part of this machine is the new
water purification components developed by the company HVR in collaboration
with the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
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Sweat Water Machine Made Andreas Hammar | foto : yahoo.com |
This machine uses a technique called membrane distillation, as for
the materials used such as Gortex (waterproof material) that can only be
crossed by steam but retains bacteria, salt, fiber fabrics and other materials.
"These machines are similar to those used to distill astronaut urine, but
this machine is made with a cheaper cost. ''
This machine 10ml produce clean water from a T-shirt soaked
with sweat.
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