This 12 months at CES, Kara Water debuted the Kara Pod, a combo espresso brewer and air-to-water countertop machine. The Kara Pod takes firm core know-how, which turns humidity from the air into ingesting water, and combines it with a espresso machine that may produce as much as virtually a gallon of water (3.2 liters) per day, which can be utilized as ingesting water or for brewing espresso.
Kara Water was based in 2017 by Cody Sooden and Michael Di Giovanna. The 2 needed to create a machine that would produce clear ingesting water freed from contaminants. Sooden’s curiosity within the know-how began after he started experimenting with capturing water from air whereas learning structure. He ultimately wrote a analysis paper on harvesting moisture from the air, which in the end turned the genesis of the corporate’s know-how.
Kara Water isn’t the primary firm to point out off water-from-air know-how at CES. We’ve seen Watergen debut a working mannequin in 2020, and Zero Mass Water, which makes use of solar energy to seize moisture and switch it into ingesting water, confirmed off its machine at CES 2019. However that is the primary countertop equipment mannequin we’ve seen and the primary time we’ve seen air-to-water mixed with a espresso machine.
In keeping with Sooden, the Kara Pod will begin transport in March for $299. You may watch our interview with Sooden beneath.
