Nanyang Technological University Develops Portable Water Monitor That Can Detect Lead And More Contaminants In Just 5 Minutes: Seems Custom-Made For Indian Water

It has w become relatively easy to detect if your water is potable or t, and this can be done in an amazing 5 minutes, courtesy of a new handheld hardware developed by scientists at Nanyang Techlogical University (NTU) who claim that degree of contamination by heavy metals in water can be accurately estimated. This means that you could check if you were consuming le, mercury, and more metals inste of actual water, all this while.

USP of NTU water monitor is fact that it is claimed to be capable eugh of sensing nearly 24 s of harmful nts in water; this is definitely more than what is available currently in India - most of which require users to introduce an external buffer to water sample  during test, while ensuring that such us is carried out really quickly after exposing sensor to external air. Also, some test involve us of colour-changing strips; results of which may t be accurate.

At this point in time, this water monitoring kit is yet to be me commercial - availability is reportedly said to penetrate markets in near future. Also, with NTU based in Singapore, it remains to be seen if portable water monitor would make it to India - but it does do a world of good for country.

With rapid results, of water tests, being generated (in 5 minutes), water samples may t be required to be taken into a laboratory again for evaluation. device should also support fitments onto externals such as water filters.

Detection of contaminants in water samples, within device takes place via Chelating nt (found in human blood) that binds closely with contaminants to accurately determine se and estimate contamination levels.

“Using a chelating nt in device ensures that its sensor is as sensitive in detecting heavy metals as body's natural defence mechanism against metal intoxication,” stated Yong Ken-Tye - a scientist behind invation during an interaction.

invators are also reportedly hard at work to develop an application that takes information from water in water bodies in certain Asian countries including India to monitor water quality over extended time intervals.

“While our product is competitive eugh to penetrate market, we are still working to enhance and expand our water sensor product line. For instance, we are exploring ways to translate this techlogy for domestic use, such as in domestic water filtration systems and electric water kettles,” ded Ken-Tie. Finally, NTU is also said to be taking steps to ensure commercial availability of water monitor by reducing overall real-estate of hardware.

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