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 At least one third of the population in developing countries has no access to safe drinking water. The lack of adequate water supply and sanitation facilities causes a serious health hazard and exposes many to the risk of water-borne diseases, This situation led to about 4 billion cases of diarrhoea each year, out of which 2.5 million cases end in death. Every day about 6000 children die of dehydration due to diarrhoea.
INDEX 2007 Award winner Solar Bottle created by italian designers Alberto Medo and Francisco Gomez Paz uses the SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection ) process, developed by the Department of Water and Sanitation at the Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Research. SODIS principle works with the sun to allow UV-A radiation and increased temperature to destroy pathogenic microorganisms in drinking water.The Solar Bottle is made of slim PET, contains 4 liters of water and can be arranged back-to-back for carry. The handle allows balanced transport and is used as stand to provide optimal solar incidence.
Indeed, a less fashionable version of SODIS process using simple ordinary plastic bottles works well too but they are more difficult to carry and the surface exposed to sun radiations is lots smaller.
More about the Solar Bottle on InHabitat
More about SODIS on Eawag.
Sources: Inhabitat & Index
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 Strange feeling tonight as while I was watching news about current rescue operation in Peru, the earth started to shake and lights to dance for about 10 seconds.
No damage at all, just the everlasting question..do I stay in or do I rush outside.
Busy week in Philippines, experiencing a typhoon alert last Thursday and a quake 4 days later.
According GDACS earthquake details are the following:
Magnitude : 6.5
Depth : 10 km
Epicenter : 200 km East of Davao
No Tsunami alert
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Tags: 2007, art, blog, Davao, earthquake, event, green, im, ITU, lan, light, location, mindanao, nomadcom.net, Philippines, richter, sun, wp, www, XP
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 Few years ago, it was Internet over Telephone network but the situation is shifting and we have now, with Internet broadband access, Telephone over the Internet.
With the so called "unify messaging system" all type of communication can reach your email inbox while travelling but in some situation, sending a fax (yes it still exists) while on the move may not be so easy than it seems and even very costly (money and time).
This week, German company PamConsult launched a beta version of PamFax, a Skype Extra (add-ons), which makes possible faxing a document from any Internet broadband connected computer (with Skype software installed and activated).
The process is rather simple :
- Select the document to be sent
- Enter recipient(s) fax number
- Optionally, select a cover page
- Select notification methods : Skype Chat, SMS (0.26 USD) an/or email.
- Pay the fax using Sky Credits
- Optionally, preview it
PamFax comes with its own website where you can configure your default settings, consult logs and check current sending rates
There are 7 different, per page, rates which are currently the following:
Technical requirments:
- Windows 2000 SP4, XP or Vista (32 or 64 bit)
- Internet Explorer 6 or better
- Latest Skype (min. Skype 3.0)
- Installed Skype Plugin Manager
During the beta phase, PamFax is only available to Skype users outside Canada and USA
Every user gets 1 test fax in zone 1 (0.23 USD) for free.
Download on PamFax website
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At least one third of the population in developing countries has no access to safe drinking water. The lack of adequate water supply and sanitation facilities causes a serious health hazard and exposes many to the risk of water-borne diseases, This situation led to about 4 billion cases of diarrhoea each year, out of which 2.5 million cases end in death. Every day about 6000 children die of dehydration due to diarrhoea.
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