Comments on: Segway inventor Dean Kamen teams up with unlikely ally for clean water box: Coke http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/ Mon, 20 May 2013 04:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lori Simmons-Colindres http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/#comment-1324898 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:32:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607123#comment-1324898 This only works if you can supply the water ATM with bottled water. If you could get bottled water to these areas on a regular basis for a resonable cost there wouldn’t be a problem to begin with. This won’t work.

]]> By: Lori Simmons-Colindres http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/#comment-1324896 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:29:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607123#comment-1324896 What about areas of the world that don’t have a “Fresh Water Source”…. This won’t work

]]> By: Aj http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/#comment-1316628 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:22:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607123#comment-1316628 So where do you buy a machine Ms Fehrenbacher?

]]> By: twgoodwin3 http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/#comment-1308220 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:45:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607123#comment-1308220 I have also seen simpler systems such as http://ns2online.com/gp-xss-1440-solar-pump-water-purification-system_copy , that have operated in areas such as Haiti. Not completely sure this is leading edge, but certainly NS2 ( http://ns2online.com) needs to pay attention.

]]> By: Rich http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/#comment-1307948 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:20:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607123#comment-1307948 Stop posting ads!

]]> By: Robby http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/#comment-1307855 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:57:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607123#comment-1307855 This problem has already been solved by other start-ups like Sarvajal (http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678567/solar-powered-water-atms-provide-clean-drinking-water-to-the-thirsty)

$7K-8K is a lot of money even for a prototype…the design does not need to be futuristic looking, it has to be robust and have very low life-cycle running and maintenance cost

]]> By: CJ http://gigaom.com/2013/02/04/segway-inventor-dean-kamen-teams-up-with-unlikely-ally-for-clean-water-box-coke/#comment-1307845 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:40:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607123#comment-1307845 The ability to run many fuel sources, and variable water sources to the device could be interesting in some applications, but at a penny per gallon it’s water cost is high. New seawater desalination systems are running ~$1/m3 to as low as $0.65/m3 translating to a quarter to a fourth of a penny per gallon. Thats including capex and opex on a system that is well established and low risk. Even at those water costs seawater systems are only used on waters as a last resort because the cost is considered too high.

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