The Invention Of The Century...

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by team222badbrad

I'm gonna hold off on posting a link

I found it too!

Here's another picture:

[Andrew Blair]

I too agree that a water purifier could be the thing, but mosquito nets do the same things Dave described. Less than 2 dollars, widely available, anyone can use them, and they protect people from some of the most prolific killers. Probably more deaths from malaria, yellow fever, or similar diseases, than from water based pathogens. I think a typical mosquito net is a few dollars, and with pestiside which makes them all the more effective, like 6 bucks. Very effective, very simple.

[KenWittlief]

if its that water purifier straw thing, then I shutter to think what Dave has been doing with his for the last two days :cO

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

if its that water purifier straw thing, then I shutter to think what Dave has been doing with his for the last two days :cO

So how long before we see a photoshopped pic of Dave with his head in the toilet taking a refreshing drink?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by JosephM

So how long before we see a photoshopped pic of Dave with his head in the toilet taking a refreshing drink?

Wrong question!!!! (SOMEONE already has too many altered views of Dave and shouldn't need another...)

I think that it's that straw thing that people are talking about. Dave, could you tell us if we are right or wrong?

(another use: backpackers in the wilderness)

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by JosephM

So how long before we see a photoshopped pic of Dave with his head in the toilet taking a refreshing drink?

Oh Heidi, we've got a new project for you!

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by JosephM

So how long before we see a photoshopped pic of Dave with his head in the toilet taking a refreshing drink?

I think the real question is, when will we see a non-photoshopped pic of Dave with his head in the toilet taking a refreshing drink?

Seriously though, I'm going with LifeStraw here...

[Dan Petrovic]

<Comic relief>
A condom! Easy to use, mass produced, protects against the worlds most prolific killers, can be used by anyone (not exactly for it's real purpose), but that reusable for a year thing is kind of... ewww...
</comic relief>

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

I too agree that a water purifier could be the thing, but mosquito nets do the same things Dave described. Less than 2 dollars, widely available, anyone can use them, and they protect people from some of the most prolific killers. Probably more deaths from malaria, yellow fever, or similar diseases, than from water based pathogens. I think a typical mosquito net is a few dollars, and with pestiside which makes them all the more effective, like 6 bucks. Very effective, very simple.

Mosquito nets aren't exactly revolutionary though

[Andrew Blair]

Good point. Maybe they're the new water purifying, ebola repelling, bear beating mosquito nets!

[team222badbrad]

Any field test results yet Dave?

[Bill_Hancoc]

Not to be vulgar or anything else of the sort but a comdem. It protects against HIV and other STD's and needs no manual. can immediatly be in be used on a person of any age.

[Pat McCarthy]

I was reading through digg.com, and found something that could fit the bill of what Dave was hinting at.
http://asap.ap.org/stories/240474.s
It is an article about Dean's water purification machine. I'm not sure about the simplicity factor, but it's possible it is that simple.

[Greg Needel]

While i agree that the lifestraw is amazing and will be very beneficial, it can't desalinize water. Since 97% of the earth is covered in salt water that defiantly would be a feature i would want to have in a portable water purification system.

[Jessica Boucher]

I had a lot of time to think driving home from CT this weekend, and the thought smacked me over the head...

...why on earth would Katie Couric be at a dinner about a water purification device?

The only logical explanation would be that the media will be doing a piece on it in the near future. Recent news stories about Katie's Today Show contract coming up and her future plans have shed some light on Katie's changing career preferences: although the offer she is receiving for anchoring the CBS Evening News is much less than Today, it would allow her much more family time, which shows a strong desire for Katie to spend as much time with her daughters as possible. Hand in hand with her extremely focused philanthropic efforts toward cancer research (after losing her husband and sister to different forms of cancer), this leaves very little time for something that was not related to something she already does.

I'm not sure about the lead time concerning news stories, but it's certainly something to think about.