As long as it rains, you?ll never go thirsty with this raincoat on (Yahoo! News)

Earth's dwindling water supplies have long prompted calls for water conservation and?greener lifestyles. But while most people look for more conventional ways to save water,?Hyeona Yang and?Joshua Noble of the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design are going for something a bit zanier. Together, they conceptualized Raincatch ? a raincoat that catches rain, and recycles it into potable drinking water.

Say for example, you decide to take a stroll while it's raining ? the raincoat's hood collects the rainwater, which passes through a built-in charcoal filter and chemical purification system. Once purified, the drinkable water is stored around the shoulders and various pockets of the coat. All you need to do to drink it is sip from the straw connected to the coat's seemingly intricate tubing system.

Yang and Noble took an ordinary raincoat, and altered it so that it has a "distinct look and feel of its own." (We say having random bulges of water in its pockets and numerous interconnected tubes make it distinct, all right.) Raincatch is an intriguing concept, and it might be actually be fun to?wear. If you're fond of going on outdoor adventures, it could even prove to be an indispensable tool.?But as it would mean severe water shortage for the Raincoat to be a necessity for everyday life,?we'd honestly rather not have a pressing need for it anytime soon, or at all.

[via?Oddity Central]

Article by Mariella Moon

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