Last week our group discovered solar stills, a cheap fast water filtration system that uses the sun to clean the water. This week we looked further into what we need to do and what our final goal is. We found an article explaining that this idea is not new, in fact one teenager made one called the Solarball. We have created our own design (above) that we are going to experiment with. We want to ensure that cost, quality, and portability are not a problem.
Cost is one thing that we need to figure out. If the product is cheap it is easier to make more of and the more people we could help. Some of the items needed are near free or recyclable, but some like wood and PVC are something we need to calculate. We also need to make sure that the quality is good so that nothing is harmed during transfer or while being used, this means finding the right balance of money and quality. Lastly we need to make sure that it is portable. They need to be light to move in to the suns light, along with being able to reduce shipping costs.
The questions we have we hope will be resolved by the end of our project. I hope that our product is a success and that we can find a cheap easy model that meets all of our standards.
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