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Directory:Aquaduct Mobile Filtration Vehicle
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The Aquaduct is pedal powered vehicle that transports, filters, and stores water for the developing world. A peristaltic pump attached to the pedal crank draws water from a large tank, through a filter, to a smaller clean tank. The clean tank is removable and closed for contamination-free home storage and use. A clutch engages and disengages the drive belt from the pedal crank, enabling the rider to filter the water while traveling or while stationary.
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Official Websites
- none found yet
- http://www.youtube.com/teamaquaduct - Team's YouTube account where they posted the video below.
Video
(2 minutes)
- Innovate or Die - Aquaduct: Mobile Filtration Vehicle (YouTube; December 15, 2007)
How it Works
Pedaling action runs the unfiltered water through a filter, while traveling, or while stationary, depending on the clutch setting.
Costs
Advantages
- filter while transporting
Independent Testing
Patents
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Profiles
Company: ??
Inventing Team
Adam Mack, Brian Mason, John Lai, Eleanor Morgan, Paul Silberschatz.
Coverage
list here.
Awards
The Aquaduct is the winning entry in the Innovate or Die contest put on by Google and Specialized. The contest challenge was to build a pedal powered machine that has environmental impact.
- http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/team-aquaduct-wins-innovate-or-die.html
- http://www.innovate-or-die.com/
In the News
- Specialized, Google Push Pedal Power - How about power a mobile water filtration system, run a movie theater, drive a snow plow? Specialized Bicycles and Google have announced the winners of ... (Wired News - Jan 18, 2008)
- Aquaduct mobile filtration vehicle - Aquaduct utilizes the human ability to pedal, giving hope to those in the developing world who struggle to gather, transport, filter, and store clean ... (Core77.com, NY - Jan 17, 2008)
- Innovate or Die Pedal-Powered Machine Contest Winner Announced - And the winner is – Aquaduct: Mobile Filtration Vehicle. The entry, which is a cycle designed to transport and filter water in third-world countries, ... (Dirt Rag, PA - Jan 17, 2008)
- Google, Specialized Bicycles, and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners ... - Of the more than 100 qualified entries, "Aquaduct: Mobile Filtration Vehicle" won based on environmental impact, creativity and design. ... (StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - Jan 16, 2008)
- EuroTrash Thursday! - Of the more than 100 qualified entries, ��?Aquaduct: Mobile Filtration Vehicle��? won based on environmental impact, creativity and design. ... (PezCycling News - Jan 17, 2008)
Other Coverage
Comments
See Discussion page
Contact
(Aquaduct Team)
Menlo Park, CA, USA
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