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Title: Michael Pritchard makes filthy water drinkable

Added: Aug 4, 2009

Author: TEDtalksDirector

Duration: 10:5

Description:
http://www.ted.com Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10Follow us on Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/tednewsCheckout our Facebook page for TED exclusiveshttps://www.facebook.com/TED

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Youtube Comments: 703

JCambXD Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - He talks about it at 8:04, using the same innovation in a Jerry can.

TheMandarklaughs Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - someone should tell Bear Grylls about this

MrAbuksubuk Says:

Mar 25, 2012 - Hahahh good one. But Bear Grylls does what that bottle do naturally !

SallyO42 Says:

Mar 27, 2012 - that kind of goes against the staying put and stopping the spread of disease part

DonnieCallister Says:

Mar 29, 2012 - But will it blend?

TheChillyphilly Says:

Mar 31, 2012 - salt water?

Backstar1994 Says:

Mar 31, 2012 - don't think so because the molecule ion (Na+ and Cl-)is far more smaler than a virus(25nm). the molecule of salt is 3 times bigger than the molecule of water. If you ask me.

antaloliver Says:

Apr 1, 2012 - What of there is no water source nearby? And btw:I want one of those blttles too! :3

narutolll Says:

Apr 3, 2012 - TED Talks = Amazing world changing awesomeness

imaketherules000 Says:

Apr 4, 2012 - Does it matter? It's sterile. Be grateful. They also said it taste alright.

myboringlife Says:

Apr 9, 2012 - They have those, they are called Jerrycans. You can donate one to a village for a few hundred dollars.

newpass011 Says:

Apr 10, 2012 - Michael, smooth, convincing.....stutter a bit, or a recoverable error; too clever by half.I think you did great, your a clever chap, but get to hearts.eddie82 and a 1/3rdgood man

lclarke216 Says:

Apr 10, 2012 - That little plastice bottle is $149.99 on amazon. WTF

1337MetalHed Says:

Apr 11, 2012 - I think its a little more than plastic..lifesaversystems[dot]com/buy-water-purification-systemsYeah its expensive

lousach88 Says:

Apr 17, 2012 - They already have much bigger ones (Jerrycans). I met this guy today, he is amazing!

mgrace10 Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - This is good, congrats!! but I am researching about drinking sea water...and... u will be surprise !!!

QuebecoisSti Says:

Apr 22, 2012 - actually theres one ...see their website lifesaversystems

healthhavencom Says:

Apr 23, 2012 - Genius.

yuckystuffcomment Says:

Apr 30, 2012 - is it good for ocean water?? (salt water)

MpatsoNgona Says:

May 3, 2012 - Where there is most need, those people cannot use the livesafer! Because they do not have any money to buy it. How to resolve that proplem? We have an environmental project in Africa, Active Aid in Africa. So we are happy, even to get finances for the building in reconstruction of wells.

MpatsoNgona Says:

May 3, 2012 - Is there anybody who knows how to get a licenze to produce such equipment at our own?

nanana85 Says:

May 10, 2012 - They did. He shows a jerrycan that does the same thing. With better resources, it probably wouldn't be difficult to scale the technology upwards.

dukeOFmoose Says:

May 23, 2012 - How did this comment become the "top Rated" one? If you bother to actually watch the video, it shows the family version at the end. #rolleyes

dukeOFmoose Says:

May 23, 2012 - He claims the jerry can costs $7.30 to operate for a family of four over four years (.5 cent/day), but it costs $450 on Amazon. Maybe he's referring to the cost of the filter cartridge, but even that is $280, so I'm not sure what his math is based on. Is he offering a 98.4% discount for humanitarian customers?

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