Water bottle uses UV light to sterilize water in just 2 minutes

By Sukhmani Kaur /Aug 5 2010

A UK design student has won the James Dyson Award for creating a working prototype of water bottle that sterilizes water in just 2 minutes. What particularly inspired the creation was the need to find a simpler, faster way to sterilize water using new technology. The water bottle uses a wind-up Ultra Violet bulb to sterilize water and then let it pass through a series of filters.

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The whole process takes just 2 minutes and immediately becomes a favored alternative to water chlorination that takes at least half an hour to finish. Water sterilized through this process is pleasant to taste and scientifically proven to be 99.9% free of bacteria and viruses.

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Via: Gizmodo

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