The £800 invention which makes water straight out of thin air

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The £800 invention which makes water straight out of thin air and 'could help millions'

By Paul Thompson
Last updated at 3:30 PM on 24th November 2008

A gadget which makes water out of thin air could become the greatest household invention since the microwave.

Using the same technology as a de-humidifier, the Water Mill is able to create a ready supply of drinking water by capturing it from an unlimited source  -  the air.

The company behind the machine says not only does it offer an alternative to bottled water in developed countries, but it is a solution for the millions who face a daily water shortage.

The machine works by drawing in moist air through a filter and over a cooling element which condenses it into water droplets. It can produce up to 12 litres a day.

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YouTube Presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bm6ayEy38g

[mars bar]

Cool invention. You know I sometimes think of ways of making water!! No seriously I do, but my way always involves a sheet of plastic that sweats in the sun and produces water that way. Now if we could only get a sheet of plastic big enough to cover an Afircan nation we might be able to help the starving Ethiopians grow some crops in their dry dirt.....

But that water mill sounds much more practical. 

[wizer]

Sounds like a humidifier on speed...