Ecos LifeLink provides water, internet on tap

It may not extract water from thin air, but Ecosphere's recently unveiled Ecos Lifelink does promise to provide some much needed water filtration in a relatively easy to transport unit -- not to mention its own power source, with enough juice left over to turn the whole rig into a makeshift Internet hotspot. Of course, as you can see above, it's not quite ready to be deployed, but the company says that once it's up and running it'll be capable of pumping out 30 gallons of water per minute and provide wireless connectivity over a 30 mile range. If that's not sufficient, multiple units could be used in conjunction to provide electricity for a small village. Exactly when we might see a full-scale unit, however, remains unclear, with the company apparently still hoping to attract some interest from investors, recenlty showing off a scale model at the Cleantech Venture Forum in San Francisco.

[Via Inhabitat]

[T Wilson @ Mar 19th 2007 2:37PM]

This is a description of a technology that supplies not only water (20000 litres per day), electricity but oxygen as well. It has already been deployed in several countries. Worth a look. Here is the story from the Toronto Star newspaper.

"One example is Mobile Cube Corp., a Toronto-based company that is attempting to commercialize a portable water-filtration system that's powered by a small wind turbine and foldout solar panels. The system, developed by a Swiss scientist, weighs about 850 kilograms, is 1.5 metres high, wide and deep, and can be transported on the back of a standard pickup truck.

Once delivered, the solar panels are folded out and the wind turbine is erected, allowing the unit to generate up to 20 kilowatt-hours a day of electricity. That's enough, on a good day, to produce up to 20,000 litres of pure drinking water from sewage, or 3,000 litres a day from seawater that has been desalinized".

[EDomain @ Mar 19th 2007 2:39PM]

Ooooooo.... with this all I need is some big floating metal rafts tied together, and I can fianlly start my own floating nation.

Mwahahahhahahahaha

[Ladderless @ Mar 19th 2007 2:53PM]

Hmmm... I see Starbuck's finally setting up shop in REALLY remote areas.

Add a coffee machine and a few comfy chairs, and they're all set.

[BatteryAcid @ Mar 20th 2007 10:34PM]

"These high end counters, unlike the normal granite, are made of solar panels."

[Andy @ Mar 19th 2007 3:08PM]

Yes, the two essentials of life... water and wifi.

[capn @ Mar 19th 2007 3:14PM]

great idea!