You may not know Dean Kamen by name or by sight but you’ve undoubtedly seen the invention that rocketed him to stardom on TV, in movies, and maybe even in person. It’s called a Segway. Kamen is back with a new invention, this one without wheels.
Kamen’s latest brain-child, called “Slingshot” after the fabled weapon used by David to tackle the monstrous Goliath, takes dirty river water, ocean water and even raw sewage and turns it into pure drinking water without the energy and tons of machinery required to clean dirty water under conventional means.
Does it work? In the summer of 2006 Kamen delivered two Slingshots to a small community in Honduras for a trial. During the month they were there the machines were fed whatever water the villagers could find, it was processed and turned into clean, potable water. Read more…
