Comments on: Watercone http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: renderanything http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1447241 renderanything Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:54:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1447241 Hooray for desalination. These should be standard equipment on any sort of life raft. Hooray for desalination. These should be standard equipment on any sort of life raft.

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440907 Ali S. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440907 A very cool device. I've been following its development for a while and the idea is simple yet powerful. The ability to create potable water from say sea water or dirty water can save hundreds of lives without the problem of spending alot of money on distilling plants. And kudos to Jay for pointing out the old, tried and trusted method of creating drinkable water from a still! :) A very cool device. I’ve been following its development for a while and the idea is simple yet powerful. The ability to create potable water from say sea water or dirty water can save hundreds of lives without the problem of spending alot of money on distilling plants.

And kudos to Jay for pointing out the old, tried and trusted method of creating drinkable water from a still! :)

]]> By: Edward http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440852 Edward Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:21:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440852 Don't be haters. This is a significant improvement on plastic wrap and makes up in durability what it loses in portability. Don’t be haters. This is a significant improvement on plastic wrap and makes up in durability what it loses in portability.

]]> By: sw http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440829 sw Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:13:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440829 But this is far sturdier, and will help a lot of people in developing nations. Hurray! But this is far sturdier, and will help a lot of people in developing nations. Hurray!

]]> By: artbot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440765 artbot Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:49:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440765 Solar Still ftw! Yeah, this has been in the boy scout manual for, like, a hundred years. Or at least since the invention of clear plastic wrap. Much more portable than carrying around a satellite dish-sized rigid plastic cone (which no one will bother with during the Zombie-pocalypse). Solar Still ftw! Yeah, this has been in the boy scout manual for, like, a hundred years. Or at least since the invention of clear plastic wrap. Much more portable than carrying around a satellite dish-sized rigid plastic cone (which no one will bother with during the Zombie-pocalypse).

]]> By: Jaxx http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440725 Jaxx Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:28:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440725 @1 & 2 Yeah that's what I was thinking, but I think this thing has a higher output that the old methods. Heh, I used to know people who distilled moonshine this way. @1 & 2
Yeah that’s what I was thinking, but I think this thing has a higher output that the old methods.

Heh, I used to know people who distilled moonshine this way.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440625 just a guy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:43:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440625 yeah, what jay say. the same can be achieved with two bowls/pans of different sizes, plasticwrap, and some rocks. yeah, what jay say. the same can be achieved with two bowls/pans of different sizes, plasticwrap, and some rocks.

]]> By: Jay http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440614 Jay Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:16:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440614 I remember reading about this when I was a kid, you dig a hole and place a cup in the middle of it. You then cover the whole with saran wrap or clear plastic bag. Then drop a small rock in the middle, it takes the moisture from the soil, evaporates it and collects it in the cup. --Jay I remember reading about this when I was a kid, you dig a hole and place a cup in the middle of it. You then cover the whole with saran wrap or clear plastic bag. Then drop a small rock in the middle, it takes the moisture from the soil, evaporates it and collects it in the cup.

–Jay

]]> By: alistair http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1440609 alistair Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:50:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/watercone-2/#comment-1440609 I once saw a documnetary about a sailor who had to abandon his yaught and lived on the water from an inflatable version of these for 3 months. it would seem that 'target price of under $20' is way to high. surely if you got the kind of manufacturing that they use for coke bottles then you could get it to be much more like 20cents. make them stackable and ship them out to diaster areas (sunny ones) by the thousands I once saw a documnetary about a sailor who had to abandon his yaught and lived on the water from an inflatable version of these for 3 months.

it would seem that ‘target price of under $20′ is way to high. surely if you got the kind of manufacturing that they use for coke bottles then you could get it to be much more like 20cents. make them stackable and ship them out to diaster areas (sunny ones) by the thousands

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