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May 18, 2005
There is much left to to discover
More proof that mastery of our world need not require advanced equipment comes today from Dr. Flynn figured out that if you have coffee grinds, terracotta clay, and enough cow dung use as fuel to harden it, you can make a reusable, nearly free filter capable of extracting bacterial contamination. This joins the invention of oral re-hydration therapy and pot-in-pot refrigeration as tools available to our ancestors, simple, and incredibly inexpensive, that they somehow missed and can save or improve millions of lives.
I hope he wins a rolex award next year.
Read an interview with the inventor.
Download the directions to make clean water.
Posted by OneEyedMan at May 18, 2005 3:42 PM
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