Whatever happened to Kamen's "Slingshot" water purifier? [1] It was a little vapor compression distillation unit powered by a Stirling cycle engine. There was a tabletop-sized model, and a shipping-container sized model. There were announcements of field tests. Heavy PR around 2012, then silence.
There were a few demo installations, but it never appeared as a volume product. There's a similar technology from Simon Frasier University.[2] They're looking for someone to commercialize it.
A YC startup might start by deploying that technology in East Porterville, CA, where the wells have gone dry.
There were a few demo installations, but it never appeared as a volume product. There's a similar technology from Simon Frasier University.[2] They're looking for someone to commercialize it.
A YC startup might start by deploying that technology in East Porterville, CA, where the wells have gone dry.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingshot_(water_vapor_distill... [2] https://www.biv.com/article/2016/5/water-machines-creator-th...