Coca-Cola Purified into Drinking Water
Smits teamed up with University of Amsterdamgraduate
student Martien Wubdemann on the effort, which the duo dubbed “The Real Thing.” The play on the Coca-Cola slogan represents Smits’ views on soda and water.When he looked at Coca-Cola, he “saw dirty brown water, so it was logical to filter it back into clean drinking water, just as we do with all our waste water,” Smits told Dezeen..[pullquote style=”right” quote=”dark”] “It’s more to let people think about how we humans create the world around us and ask questions.” [/pullquote]
So how does it work? The machine, which made its debut earlier this month at Dutch Design Week, uses a simple distillation process. The Coca Cola is boiled and purified until it eventually reverts back to H2O.It’s a machine that could probably come in handy in plenty of places.
In January officials in India shuttered a Coca-Cola plant for sucking up too much groundwater. Mexico, where child obesity rates are soaring, is known as a nation where a Coke is safer to drink than tap water.
