Michael Pritchard: How to make filthy water drinkable

http://www.ted.com Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

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["TED", "TEDtalks", "talks", "Michael Pritchard", "Pritchard", "water", "filter", "Lifesaver", "portable", "water purification", "technology", "drink", "health", "disease", "virus", "disaster", "disaster relief", "natural disaster", "nanotech", "dirty water", "clean water", "cleaning water", "drinking water", "filter water", "engineering", "engineer", "jerrycan", "jerry can", "cheap technology", "development", "research"]

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