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This is no ordinary water cooler. The water here comes from the air. It's something Karthik Venkatesan would love his parents in India to have.
这不是普通的冷水机。这里的水来自空气。这是卡西克希望他在印度的父母拥有的东西。
Whenever I go to India. I always use Dasani bottled water because I get sick if I use tap water.
每当我去印度，我总是用达萨尼瓶装水，因为如果我用自来水我就会生病。
Having access to clean drinking water is a growing global problem.
获得清洁饮用水是一个日益严重的全球性问题。
Several companies have developed technology that uses moisture in the air and transforms it into drinking water.
一些公司已经开发出利用空气中的水分并将其转化为饮用水的技术。
Watergen's technology first purifies the air of particles. The air is then cooled until it reaches dew point.
沃特根的技术首先净化空气中的颗粒物。然后冷却空气，直到达到露点。
The water goes through another series of filters and an ultraviolet lamp to destroy microorganisms.
水通过另一系列过滤器和紫外线灯来消灭微生物。
These bigger machines have helped supply safe drinking water in countries including Sierra Leone and Vietnam,
这些更大的机器帮助塞拉利昂和越南等国提供安全饮用水，
and also in the United States during disasters such as hurricanes.
也帮助飓风等灾难出现后的美国。
This smaller unit called the GENNY for the home or office can produce an average of 30 liters of water a day.
这个为家庭或办公室预备的名叫“GENNY”的机器可以平均每天产生30公升水。
Watergen says the humidity in the air should be around 30 percent to maximize what's this technology can do.
沃特根说，空气中的湿度应该在30%左右，这样才能最大限度地发挥这项技术的作用。
When you get up close to 50 it works brilliantly.
当湿度达到50%时，它的效果是非常好的。
Higher humidity also works better for Atmospheric Water Solutions' Aquaboy.
高湿度也会让“大气水溶液”公司生产的Aquaboy发挥更好功效。
Similarly, it creates drinking water while purifying the air and dehumidifying the room.
同样，它在净化空气和除湿房间的同时创造饮用水。
Zero Mass Water produces drinking water from sunlight and air, even in places of low relative humidity, using these Hydro panels.
“零质量水”公司利用这些水力板从阳光和空气中产生饮用水，即使在相对湿度低的地方也是如此。
The technology uses solar energy to raise the dewpoint inside the Hydro panels, creating condensation.
这项技术利用太阳能来提高水电池板内部的露点，产生冷凝水。
The cost of these various products run from around $2000 and up which may cost too much for households in many regions in the world.
这些不同产品的成本大约在2000美元以上，这对世界许多地区的家庭来说可能太贵了。
India and Africa are price sensitive countries. So probably this price point might not work.
印度和非洲是价格敏感国家。所以这个价位可能行不通。
But if the price point is right, definitely it has huge potential.
但如果价格是正确的，它肯定有巨大的潜力。
Creating drinking water from air, one solution that could alleviate one of the most basic human needs.
从空气中创造饮用水，这是一种可以缓解人类最基本需求的解决方案。
Elizabeth Lee, VOA news
伊丽莎白·李，VOA新闻
