Gallery: Art Installation Turns Coca-Cola Back Into Pure Drinking Water

  • Dutch artist Helmut Smits created a machine that can convert a bottle of CocaCola into a glass of clean drinking water...
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    Dutch artist Helmut Smits created a machine that can convert a bottle of Coca-Cola into a glass of clean drinking water in one day.
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    *The Real Thing* is meant as a commentary on the fact that Coke is more readily available than clean drinking water in some parts of Africa and Asia.
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    Smits got the idea when he looked at Coca-Cola "as if he were an alien," and realized it looks like dirty brown water.
  • Scientists at Synthetic Organic Chemistry Group at the University of Amsterdam helped him create a machine that boils...
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    Scientists at Synthetic Organic Chemistry Group at the University of Amsterdam helped him create a machine that boils Coka and then collects the water vapor.
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