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This is the kind of book you dont want to put down. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty. An innovative drinkable book with chemically altered pages which can filter out bacteria may have brought us nearer to a lowcost solution to a problem plaguing more than 750 million people worldwide. The drinkable book is a good example of science in the service of society. Aug 18, 2015 each page of a new drinkable book recently developed by scientists acts as a filter for people who dont have access to clean water. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper sanitation practices and purify water. Waterislife teamed up with researchers from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia to create the drinkable book.
Thats exactly what one postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university says shes created. Undergraduate research office meeting of the minds 2016 award winners. During her phd at mcgill university, dankovich successfully created a page made from cellulose, impregnated with silver. Teri dankovich of carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh presented the new invention on monday at the american chemical societys 250th national meeting in boston to much fanfare. Cmu researchers develop the drinkable book water filters by danielle hu. Drinkable book could provide millions with purified water. Evaluating the drinkable book water purification capabilities.
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The treated paper is used as a means to filter contaminated water. Researchers at carnegie mellon university, including teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher in the civil and environmental engineering department, are currently working toward finding a solution for these problems through the use of an educational book that doubles. They have invented a book, that provides educational advice and lessons for pupils about water sanitation. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to. Aug 18, 2015 drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world. Heres a literary work that will revolutionize water as you know it. Dankovich looks forward to a day when commercial production can expose her drinkable book to. Drinkable book could provide millions with purified. Angela ng, student, civil and enviornmental engineering, carnegie mellon university. Drinkable book could give millions access to clean water. Drinkable book combines sanitation manual and water filters.
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Developed by scientists and engineers from carnegie mellon university and the university of virginia, this drinkable book has a dual purpose. Thats carnegie mellon chemist theresa dankovich, who created something called the drinkable book to help. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose pages can be used to filter water and kill bacteria. Recognising that silver is an effective antimicrobial, theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper sanitation practices and purify water. To educate people about the need to filter water, and to provide the tool to do so, waterislife teamed up with researchers from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia to develop the drinkable book. Theresa dankovich at carnegie mellon university had a nifty idea of bringing high quality water filtration to just about anywhere. Each paper can be easily torn from the book, placed in a filter holder, and used to clean water whenever needed. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable book tm. A lowcost drinkable book developed by researchers from carnegie mellon, the university of virginia along with the help of waterislife is promising to revolutionize access to clean drinking water across the globe. Jul 17, 2014 designed by researchers at the university of virginia, carnegie mellon university and waterislife a nonprofit dedicated to providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene services worldwide, the drinkable book operates as a cheap purification kit that eliminates 99. The drinkable book has waterpurifying pages new atlas. A lowcost drinkable book developed by researchers from carnegie mellon, the university of virginia along with the help of waterislife is promising to revolutionize access to. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a. The book the brainchild of dr theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university is printed with special pages that filter out and kill bacteria, making contaminated water safe to drink.
Dankovich looks forward to a day when commercial production can. The new book designed at carnegie mellon university in the us has gone through a number of tests and proved that its pages, basically water filters containing bacteriakilling silver and copper nanoparticles, are able to turn dirty water even that mixed with raw sewage into 99. Its the first ever manual that provides safe water. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world.
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