Fontus by Retezár from austria

Fontus Airo and Ryde are water bottles that are capable of filling themselves up. They literally never run dry!
These devices were designed to capture the moisture contained in the air, condense it and store it as safe drinking water. Powered by solar cells, Fontus Ryde can harvest up to 0,5 l water in an hour´s time under the right climatic conditions. Airo has a capacity for 0,8l.
Harvesting water from the air is a method that has been practised for more than 2000 years. The Earth’s atmosphere contains constantly around 13.000 km3 of mostly unexploited freshwater. This project is an attempt to discover these resources.
Fontus was invented to bring an alternative way of collecting safe drinking water to regions where drought and unclean water are a big issue. Bikes, as the most widespread means of transport in the world, especially in developing countries, seemed to be the perfect vehicles to combine with the invention.
Fontus might be a clever way of acquiring freshwater in regions of the world where groundwater is scarce but air humidity is high. They could work as a mobile water well, for example, providing a child with water for the day while riding to school.
Moreover, these self – filling bottles free travellers and adventurers from the burden of water provision during a tour. In the past months, I worked together with a professional extreme sportsman and was able to identify two basic problems that people who spend time in nature are arduously confronted with.
A hiker must either plan his rout in a way that he always finds fresh water sources, or he must pack his backpack very heavily in order to have water for the whole journey. Food is in comparison much lighter, if well chosen, because you can compress it. But water weighs what it weighs; you don’t have much of a choice.
These problems are a great restriction for hikers and I wanted to find a solution that would give adventurers the freedom to go wherever they want.
With the Fontus bottles you will never again have to worry about finding the next gas station or river to fill up your water bottle. You just need to enjoy the road and let your adventures come true!