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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U-mvfjyiao); 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
Awards
The Aquaduct is the winning entry in the Innovate or Die (http://www.innovate-or-die.com) 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
- Google News > aquaduct mobile filtration (http://news.google.com/news?q=aquaduct+mobile+filtration&btnG=Search+News)
- Specialized, Google Push Pedal Power (http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/specialized-goo.html) - 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 (http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/aquaduct_mobile_filtration_vehicle_8713.asp) - 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 (http://www.dirtragmag.com/web/article.php?ID=1036&category2=freshdirt) - 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 ... (http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Google,+Specialized+Bicycles,+and+Goodby,+Silverstein+&%3B+Partners+Improve+the+Planet+Through+Innovation/3269496.html) - 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! (http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=5603) - 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
- Google > aquaduct portable water pedal (http://www.google.com/search?q=aquaduct+portable+water+pedal)
Comments
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Contact
(Aquaduct Team)
Menlo Park, CA, USA
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