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Personal water filter

Recorded year1999

Straw-sized hollow-fibre filters make dirty water safe to drink.

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Built on

Reverse-osmosis membraneRecorded · 1960enables

Led to

Bottle that fills itself from the airForecast · ~2053enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.