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Nonprofit organization water is life has collaborated with scientists from the university of virginia and carnegie mellon university to introduce the drinkable book, a truly ingenious new manual. 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. Drinkable book could provide millions with purified. After learning about the drinkable book, i think that the invention is definitely one that should be. Angela ng, a carnegie mellon university alumna and fifthyear scholar. But how about a book that could actually save your life sounds a little farfetched, i know. When she set out to create this purifying paper, dankovich, now a researcher at carnegie mellon university, imagined inventing a product that could be used in emergency situations in north america. Aug 31, 2015 developed through a partnership between waterislife and dr.
Its the first ever manual that provides safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education all in one. Each 24page book can sustain a person for up to four years, according to water is life, a. Despite considerable progress over the 25 years, it remains one of the biggest challenges facing humanity today. Carnegie mellon university press was founded by gerald costanzo in 1972 as three rivers press. Drinkable book developed by scientists unexplained. The drinkable book looks like a coffee table book, but its actually a fullon waterfiltration system. It reads 25 pages in length and is a sort of guidebook for water safety in one sense, while on the other able to filter unsafe water into something people can drink. Carnegie mellon university cmu is a private research university based in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. But how about a book that could actually save your life. Filter aims to clean worlds drinking water carnegie mellon today. A researcher at the university of virginia has developed a drinkable book in which each page acts as a filter producing.
Heres how a books pages could literally save lives video. May 12, 2014 drinkable book combines sanitation manual and filters for contaminated water. Drinkable book could provide millions with purified water. The drinkable book things i want to tell my mother. The drinkable book servers a dual purpose of educating and purifying. Aug 17, 2015 the drinkable books design has been tested on over 25 water sources in five countries, with the most recent field work taking place in southern bangladesh. Now a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university, dankovich is further developing the technology. Designed by researchers at the university of virginia, carnegie mellon university and waterislife a nonprofit dedicated to providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene services worldwide, the drinkable book operates as a cheap purification kit that eliminates 99. The possibility of failure is necessary in order for an accomplishment to be valuable. The drinkable book a book changing lives for the better. Why would someone choose carnegie mellon over harvard. This is the kind of book you dont want to put down.
Researchers at carnegie mellon and university of virginia developed a special kind of. Carnegie mellon university, right here in my backyard of pittsburgh. A page can clean up to 26 gallons 100 liters of drinking water. Drinkable book aims to clean water in developing countries. We are proud to uphold such a long lasting carnegie mellon tradition. Drinkable book quenches thirst for water purification. Recognising that silver is an effective antimicrobial, theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of. When water passes through it, more than 99 percent of the harmful bacteria are killed, making it comparable to the tap water in the u. The drinkable book provides safe drinking water cnet. Aug 19, 2015 drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink, researchers say. Each drinkable book can provide a single person with up to four years of clean water. During lab and field tests, the technology has been proven to be highly antibacterial, and meets u. Aug 18, 2015 the drinkable book that makes clean water.
In 1967, the carnegie institute of technology merged with the mellon institute of. Aug 17, 2015 the drinkable book in the brainchild of theresa dankovich, from carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, who was researching a simple, inexpensive way to sanitize water. Nonprofit water is life teamed up with scientists and engineers from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia to come up with a solution thats a little more walletfriendly than a water generator. The book functions much like a scientific coffee filter. Jul 17, 2014 designed by researchers at the university of virginia, carnegie mellon university and waterislife a nonprofit dedicated to providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene services worldwide, the drinkable book operates as a cheap purification kit that eliminates 99. Researchers at carnegie mellon and the university of virginia developed a special type of paper coated in silver nano particles, which kill bacteria. It is headquartered within the dietrich college of humanities and social sciences in baker hall and specializes in poetry. The drinkable book contains pullout pages that are laced with bacteriakilling silver and copper nanoparticles which can make even the most highly contaminated water sources drinkable. Apr 14, 2017 the drinkable book, developed by carnegie mellon university postdoctoral researcher dr. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty. She developed a solution to clean dirty water she calls a drinkable book with page filters.
Some are so powerful that they can even change lives. It was created by researchers from american institutions carnegie mellon university and. The drinkable book in the brainchild of theresa dankovich, from carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, who was researching a. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink, researchers say. You can learn more about the drinkable book from this wired article, this. 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.
Researchers have successfully completed field trials on a drinkable book that can be used to filter drinking water the book, a product of researcher dr. Aug 18, 2015 drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world. Founded in 1900 by andrew carnegie as the carnegie technical schools, the university became the carnegie institute of technology in 1912 and began granting fouryear degrees. The drinkable book a book you dont want to put down. The drinkable book can literally save your life discover magazine. Each sheet in the safe water book is a patentpending folia filter, a thick. Each filter can provide up to 30 days worth of clean drinking water, and one book can offer up potable water for up to four years. Drinkable book uses antibacterial paper to purify water. The drinkable book prepared society the survival and. Nov 03, 2014 nonprofit organization water is life has collaborated with scientists from the university of virginia and carnegie mellon university to introduce the drinkable book, a truly ingenious new manual. Get clean water from a drinkable book trazee travel. The drinkable book science updates science netlinks. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world.
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. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper. Mellon university, who has developed the drinkable book. 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. Eliminating waterborne bacteria with pages from the drinkable. Thats carnegie mellon chemist theresa dankovich, who created something called the drinkable book to help. She is responsible for the drinkable book, with pages to tear out and use to turn raw sewage into safe drinking water. Manuscripts should be in the fortyeight to ninetysixpage range.
Now a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university, dankovich is. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable book, the firstever manual that provides safe water, sanitation and hygiene education and serves as a tool to kill deadly waterborne diseases by providing the reader with an opportunity to create clean, drinkable water from each page. Theresa dankovich, an environmental chemist and postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university, is working on a cheap and easy solution. Designed by dr theresa dankovitch from carnegie mellon university in the us, the incredible invention could prove invaluable in providing clean drinking water.
Each book contains pages that tear out to use as a filter. Researchers from carnegie mellon university and the university of virginia are working with the organization waterislife on what they call the drinkable book. The thistle is carnegie mellon universitys official yearbook. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the. The drinkable book that could save your life a good book can have a profound impact on the reader. Pages of a drinkable book could bring safe water to millions. Drinkable book developed by scientists unexplained mysteries. Submissions guidelines cmu carnegie mellon university. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon developed the technology behind the drinkable book, which works to kill microbes by filtering dirty water through a thick sheet of paper containing silver nanoparticles. Drinkable book combines sanitation manual and filters for contaminated water. A lowcost drinkable book developed by researchers from carnegie mellon, the university of virginia along with the help of waterislife is promising to revolutionize access to clean drinking water across the globe. Each of its pages is made from a thick sheet of paper impregnated with silver and. She developed page drinking paper, which is a sturdy sheet of paper loaded with silver and copper nanoparticles that kill dangerous microbes living in dirty water. Carnegie mellon university press is a publisher that is part of carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, united states the press specializes in literary publishing, in particular, poetry.
Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink. Carnegie mellon university researcher theresa dankovich is developing filter. Its wellknown that once you get into harvard, its very difficult to fail out. Dankovich looks forward to a day when commercial production can expose her drinkable book to.
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