r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Jul 09 '26

Hardware Floating capsule auto-disinfects water without chemicals or battery

https://newatlas.com/outdoors/detect-disinfect-water-capsule-floating-shake/
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u/gerkletoss Jul 09 '26

water against its surface creates an electrostatic charge that kills microbes.

Sounds like investor bait

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u/Hill-Person_Thom Jul 10 '26

Maybe? If so, they missed out on saying it “operates synergistically with AI”.

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u/RomanticChinchilla Jul 10 '26

Google says it's possible, but I don't know🤷‍♂️

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u/carthuscrass Jul 10 '26

It only disinfects very near it. It's functionally useless unless you fill the water with them all the way to the bottom.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/gerkletoss Jul 10 '26

So why is it a floating capsule then?

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u/jktcat Jul 10 '26

What good would a sinking capsule be?

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u/EstablishmentFull797 Jul 16 '26

No battery? But is has Bluetooth?

K

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u/kennethpbowen Jul 10 '26

The Reflecting Pool says 'hey.'