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Two weeks remaining

Final Idea:  Disaster Relief Pack.

Main Technology:  UV light - water purification

Objective:  Create a pack that can hold and purify found water and hold all necessary equipment of a disaster relief worker, be unobtrusive, durable, and efficient.  

I have two weeks remaining to decide on my form.  The following images are a small presentation of recent work.

Camelbak UV purifier.

Really cool piece of technology.  I plan to implement something similar into my backpack.

Poster

I created this poster during week 5 of this term.

The goal was to try to explain through text and pictures my research and direction for this project. 

Vinyl or Polyethylene Inflatable Molds.

While contemplating which direction to hone in on, (h20 pack, collapsable hump mold, or indoor filter/garden/meal boy/bestfriend/not a good idea) I sent the link of my blog around to a few professors and friends for feedback.  

My buddy Yogurt said one of my sketches reminded him of a company he had worked with in the past.  He sent me a link to the company that creates custom vinyl and polyethylene inflatables for all industry.

• Tarps for Trucks
• Bags custom
• Custom clean rooms
• Inflatables
• Pallet covers
• Strip curtains
• Vinyl folders
• Prototypes
• Vacuum bags
• Water bags

what if...

my hump mold was inflatable?

if it wasn't made out of a fabric?

it didn't need some type of rigid material for structure? 

it was made out of a easy to clean, flat packable plastic?

it was simple.

Next step.  

Sketch a few designs, mail them over to this company and get a quote.

Weekend sketching

This weekend I believe I chose three different product directions.  I began ideating a few iterations of the backpack and sketched an idea for an in-home filter and hump mold for a clay filter.

backpack sketches.   (click to enlarge)

 Hump Mold (pictured above and below)

A type of mold where you pack your clay around a mold, remove the mold then fire the clay.  The molds can be made at very low cost.  Canvas with a bamboo structure.  The mold can be distributed to villages, or communities without clean drinking water, they can create there own clay filters.  Colloidal silver would need to also be provided, as a means to further purify the water.

It would make sense to be flat packed.  I am currently looking into a coffee filter shape, however I have not made any models or explored other shapes.  Yet.

Plant - Clay - Filter

This concept is a hybridization of those indoor herb gardens, a water dispenser, and a clay water filter.

AquaPak

AQUAPAK

While narrowing my direction and searching for inspiration I came across the AquaPak in "Design Revolution: 100 Products that empower people".  

The idea is simple.  

Designed for people in rural areas who do not have access to clean drinking water and need to travel by foot to obtain it.  While walking back home the pack takes in sunlight, heating the water to 152 degrees thus reducing the presence of all pathogens by 99.99%.

"Made from a low-cost polyethylene with UV inhibitors, the sealable bag has transparent bubble-pack sheeting on one side and an opqaue black surface on the other.  The black side aids in the heating of the water...."

"Depending on the availability of sunlight throughout the day, an AquaPak bag can produce up to 4 gallons of sage drinking water, enough for a family of four for one day."

I believe this bag can be improved in a few ways.  Size. Durability. In/Out valve (clay filter?).  A hose to drink from (camelbak).