Austrian Industrial Design student Kristof
Retezar has created something simple
and innovative, a bottle that condenses
humid air into water. Its called Fontus.
He customized it to latch on to his
bicycle so that when he goes for a
ride, he can be relatively unafraid of
running out of water.
It turns out that
the prototype works so well that it
made him a finalist for the James Dyson
Award for Industrial Design in 2014.
The prototype is basically a bottle
attached to a filter and condensation
system. It faces forward so when the
the bicycle rushes forward, moist air is
channeled in to the filter and is
condensed into the bottle.
There is a
solar panel atop the machine to power
it and it produces a drop per minute or
half a litre an hour under the following
conditions:
1. 50% humidity
2. 20 C
The design is far from complete
however, as the Fontus doesn’t account
for the pollutants in an urban setting; it
can only filter out dust particles and
leaves and dirt .
Machines like the Fontus have been
built before, just not on a scale as
personal as this.
A billboard in Peru
condenses moisture from the
surroundings to provide free water to
the populace, Warka Water towers from
the Namib Desert imitate the native
beetles that quench their thirst from the
fog in the air.
Ultimately the projects
are a tool to alleviate the suffering of
the 780 million people without access
to safe drinking water.
The Fontus will be priced somewhere
around $25-40.
Retezar has created something simple
and innovative, a bottle that condenses
humid air into water. Its called Fontus.
He customized it to latch on to his
bicycle so that when he goes for a
ride, he can be relatively unafraid of
running out of water.
It turns out that
the prototype works so well that it
made him a finalist for the James Dyson
Award for Industrial Design in 2014.
The prototype is basically a bottle
attached to a filter and condensation
system. It faces forward so when the
the bicycle rushes forward, moist air is
channeled in to the filter and is
condensed into the bottle.
There is a
solar panel atop the machine to power
it and it produces a drop per minute or
half a litre an hour under the following
conditions:
1. 50% humidity
2. 20 C
The design is far from complete
however, as the Fontus doesn’t account
for the pollutants in an urban setting; it
can only filter out dust particles and
leaves and dirt .
Machines like the Fontus have been
built before, just not on a scale as
personal as this.
A billboard in Peru
condenses moisture from the
surroundings to provide free water to
the populace, Warka Water towers from
the Namib Desert imitate the native
beetles that quench their thirst from the
fog in the air.
Ultimately the projects
are a tool to alleviate the suffering of
the 780 million people without access
to safe drinking water.
The Fontus will be priced somewhere
around $25-40.
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