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During her phd at mcgill university, dankovich successfully created a page made from cellulose. Carnegie mellon chemist theresa dankovich saw a problem and came up with an efficient and inexpensive solution to it. Personal mention the piper carnegie mellon university. A team of scientists and engineers from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia have developed the drinkable book, a life saving tool that filters water and teaches proper sanitation and hygiene to those in the developing world. Drinkable book quenches thirst for water purification solution. The novel technology developed by theresa dankovich, phd, of carnegie mellon university, and colleagues is referred to as the drinkable book, and consists of. Working with researchers at carnegie mellon and the university of virginia, waterislife and ddb supported scalability work and design.
The book the brainchild of dr theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university is printed with special pages that filter out and kill bacteria, making contaminated water safe to drink. Drinkable book combines sanitation manual and filters for contaminated water. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper sanitation practices and purify water. The drinkable book with waterpurifying pages for people in developing nations or rural locations, getting clean water may soon be as simple as opening a book and ripping a page out. This paper is perhaps best known as the technology behind the drinkable book, a collection of page drinking papers presented as a book. Theresa dankovich at carnegie mellon university had a nifty idea of bringing high quality water filtration to just about anywhere. Each of its pages is made from a thick sheet of paper impregnated with silver and.
Some are so powerful that they can even change lives. The drinkable book a book changing lives for the better. Teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie. Filter aims to clean worlds drinking water carnegie mellon today. Drinkable book could give millions access to clean water with pages that can filter out bacteria, the drinkable book may solve a major public health problem for. To educate people about the need to filter water, and to provide the tool to do so, waterislife teamed up with researchers from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia to develop the drinkable book. To combat the problem and to help educate about the dangers of unsafe water, waterislife teamed up with dr teri dankovich from carnegie mellon to create the drinkable book. Recognising that silver is an effective antimicrobial, theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper sanitation practices and purify water.
The drinkable book, by waterislife and dr teri dankovich. Aug 19, 2015 teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose pages can be used to filter water and kill bacteria. The drinkable book has waterpurifying pages new atlas. Cmu researchers develop the drinkable book water filters by danielle hu. The new book designed at carnegie mellon university in the us has gone through a number of tests and. Aug 17, 2015 the drinkable book doubles as a water filter and an instructional manual for how and why you should clean water before drinking it. The drinkable book designed by brian gartside the astounding results were revealed at the 2015 american chemical societys national meeting by dr.
They have invented a book, that provides educational advice and lessons for pupils about water sanitation. Aug 17, 2015 drinkable book could give millions access to clean water with pages that can filter out bacteria, the drinkable book may solve a major public health problem for the 750 million people worldwide. The new book designed at carnegie mellon university in the us has gone through a number of tests and proved that its pages, basically water filters containing bacteriakilling silver and copper nanoparticles, are able to turn dirty water even that mixed with raw sewage into 99. Heres a literary work that will revolutionize water as you know it. Aug 19, 2015 the novel technology developed by theresa dankovich, phd, of carnegie mellon university, and colleagues is referred to as the drinkable book, and consists of a set of instructions for.
Drinkable book could provide millions with purified. Teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university who had been developing this new technology for over several years. Dubbed a drinkable book, the technology combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Researcher creates drinkable book to facilitate access. Bugkilling book pages clean murky drinking water bbc news. All that one has to do is to remove a half page from the book, place it into a plastic tray, and pour the water onto the filter. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose pages can be used to filter water and kill bacteria. The drinkable book is a life saving tool that filters water and teaches proper sanitation. But how about a book that could actually save your life sounds a little farfetched, i know. The drinkable book is a good example of science in the service of society. The drinkable book uses silver nanoparticles to filter water. Undergraduate research office meeting of the minds 2016 award winners. This is the kind of book you dont want to put down.
This drinkable book can give you up to 30 days of clean. Carnegie mellon university search search search this site only. Aug 18, 2015 each page of a new drinkable book recently developed by scientists acts as a filter for people who dont have access to clean water. Turning the page on unsafe drinking water college of. Dankovich looks forward to a day when commercial production can expose her drinkable book to.
The drinkable book, a collaboration between water is life, new yorkbased advertising agency ddb and scientists from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia, is the worlds first book that can used to not only learn about safe water practices, but also, create drinkable h20. Drinkable book being developed by carnegie mellon researcher. Carnegie mellon promises to offer the best in everything in a sense, the university has become synonymous with innovation and creation, tayal said. Aug 18, 2015 dubbed a drinkable book, the technology combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Each paper can be easily torn from the book, placed in a filter holder, and used to clean water whenever needed. Aug 19, 2015 drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink, researchers say. Aug 18, 2015 the drinkable book could bring clean water to millions. Thats carnegie mellon chemist theresa dankovich, who created something called the drinkable book to help. Teri dankovich of carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh presented the new invention on monday at the american chemical societys 250th national meeting in boston to much fanfare.
Researchers at carnegie mellon and university of virginia developed a special kind of. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer. For clean water, take a page from carnegie mellon researchers book. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty. The treated paper is used as a means to filter contaminated water. The drinkable book looks like a coffee table book, but its actually a fullon waterfiltration system. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world. Theresa dankovich, postdoctoral research associate in cmus civil and environmental engineering department, developed a drinkable book. But thats exactly what one group of seriously outside the box thinkers have dreamed up.
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