Self Filling Water Bottle

Here's a real boon to mankind. We have a problem with fresh water. We are running out. Our use of water, for irrigation, drinking, washing, is beginning to outstrip it's availability.

Deckard Sorensen has developed a technology that extracts water from the air. The device contains surfaces with hydrophilic and hydrophobic coatings, and then uses a fan to pass air over the surface. The water then condenses on the surface and fills a bottle or other container.

"We see this being applicable to anything from marathon runners to people in third-world countries, because we realize that water is such a large issue in the world today, and we want to try to alleviate those problems with a cost-efficient solution," Sorensen says. "We are looking to incorporate this in greenhouses or green roofs in the immediate future, and then later on, we’re looking to see how far we can really scale this up to supply maybe farms or larger agricultural goals."