"WE DEVELOP CREATIVE AND GREEN INNOVATIONS FOR A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE ON A GLOBAL SCALE"

FONTUS IS A YOUNG COMPANY IN THE START – UP PHASE WITH BASE IN VIENNA. WITH A MOTIVATED TEAM COMPOSED OF YOUNG MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO BRING OUR IDEAS TO LIFE. OUR WORK HAS IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND HAS BEEN APPRECIATED THROUGH NUMEROUS DESIGN AWARDS.

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HARVESTING WATER FROM THE AIR IS A METHOD THAT HAS BEEN PRACTISED FOR MORE THAN 2000 YEARS. THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS CONSTANTLY AROUND 13.000 KM3 OF MOSTLY UNEXPLOITED FRESHWATER. THE FONTUS PROJECT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THESE RESOURCES.

FONTUS WAS INVENTED TO BRING AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF COLLECTING SAFE DRINKING WATER TO REGIONS WHERE DROUGHT AND UNCLEAN WATER ARE A BIG ISSUE. BIKES, AS THE MOST WIDESPREAD MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SEEMED TO BE THE PERFECT VEHICLES TO COMBINE WITH THE INVENTION.

FONTUS RYDE AND AIRO MIGHT BE A CLEVER WAY OF ACQUIRING FRESHWATER IN REGIONS OF THE WORLD WHERE GROUNDWATER IS SCARCE BUT AIR HUMIDITY IS HIGH. THEY COULD WORK AS A MOBILE WATER WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, PROVIDING A CHILD WITH WATER FOR THE DAY WHILE RIDING TO SCHOOL.

MOREOVER, THESE SELF – FILLING BOTTLES FREE TRAVELLERS AND ADVENTURERS FROM THE BURDEN OF WATER PROVISION DURING A TOUR. WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETES AND WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY TWO BASIC PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE WHO SPEND TIME IN NATURE ARE ARDUOUSLY CONFRONTED WITH:

A HIKER MUST EITHER PLAN HIS ROUT IN A WAY THAT HE ALWAYS FINDS FRESH WATER SOURCES, OR HE MUST PACK HIS BACKPACK VERY HEAVILY IN ORDER TO HAVE WATER FOR THE WHOLE JOURNEY. FOOD IS IN COMPARISON MUCH LIGHTER, IF WELL CHOSEN, BECAUSE YOU CAN COMPRESS IT. BUT WATER WEIGHS WHAT IT WEIGHS; YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE.

THESE PROBLEMS ARE A GREAT RESTRICTION FOR HIKERS AND OUR MAIN GOAL BECAME TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WOULD GIVE ADVENTURERS THE FREEDOM TO GO WHEREVER THEY WANT!