Aug 16, 2015 the drinkable book combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. 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. The drinkable book, by waterislife and dr teri dankovich. 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. Theresa dankovich, postdoctoral research associate in cmus civil and environmental engineering department, developed a drinkable book. Created by global water relief nonprofit, water is life, together with ddb new york and teams at carnegie mellon and the university of virginia, the drinkable book is an actual tome about water. Therefore, carnegie mellon has developed the drinkable book. Researcher creates drinkable book to facilitate access to purified water in poverty stricken areas. This paper is perhaps best known as the technology behind the drinkable book, a collection of page drinking papers presented as a book in which each page is printed with information about water sanitation and safety. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the developing world. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable book tm.
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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. Sep 21, 2015 researchers at carnegie mellon university, including teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher in the civil and environmental engineering department, are currently working toward finding a solution for these problems through the use of an educational book that doubles as a water filter. She calls it the drinkable book tm, and each page is impregnated with bacteriakilling metal nanoparticles. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper. The drinkable book uses silver nanoparticles to filter. Thats exactly what one postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university says shes created. 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. According to theresa dankovich, postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university who developed the drinkable book a page can clean up to 100 litere of drinking water and the entire book can filter one persons water needs for four years. May 12, 2014 launched by communications group ddb new york for charity waterislife, the drinkable book is a sanitation manual with pages that double as water filters. According to a press release, students from carnegie mellon are working to perfect the books design, but more development is needed before the drinkable book is ready for commercial use. Each page can be removed from the book and slid into a special holding device in which water is poured through and filtered. Pages of a drinkable book could bring safe water to millions.
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