Over 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water. When I heard of a nanotech water purifier that can be used to purify water from even fecal matter contaminated source...
Over 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water. When I heard of a nanotech water purifier that can be used to purify water from even fecal matter contaminated sources, I couldn't help but test it out the "uncultured" way.
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The "Uncultured Project" is just a funny name for the journey I've started. It's not a charity, organization, or anything formal like that. I'm just a guy who liquidated his life savings, bought a camera, and went abroad to try and help the poorest of the poor. For more, info check out:
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This isn't a paid endorsement of LifeStraw Family. Vestergaard Frandsen (the manufacturers of LifeStraw Family) helped me come to Kenya but I was under no obligation to endorse them or their products. For more information about the LifeStraw Family, check out:
The LifeStraw Family uses nanotechnology (called hollow tubes) to filter water down to 25 nanometers and meets US EPA guidelines as a microbiological water purifier. They claim that one LifeStraw Family can purify enough water for a family of five for up to three years.
For those asking for tech info, here are the results from a study by the University of Arizona:
I'd like to thank my friend Alan (fallofautumndistro) for his invaluable feedback and support as I was struggling to edit this video in a timely manner. You can check out his channel here:
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My concern would be that with the high-end nanotechnology and all, once something in here breaks, local resources would not be able to do much to fix it.
A valid concern. I don't think this is the "end" solution. I think the real solution is developing a country to the point it has water treatment facilities and proper sewage systems.
This of this as a potential intermediary step. If families are not wasting time being sick due to water borne diseases, they can work, save, and invest.
Nope. Only distillation would work in that case I believe. AFAIK, no nano-tech filter can filter out chemicals (not even the fancy LifeSaver bottle seen in that TED talk which does the same thing but costs 100x more).
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This of this as a potential intermediary step. If families are not wasting time being sick due to water borne diseases, they can work, save, and invest.