Feeling thirsty? The raincoat that purifies rain and turns into drinking water

Raincatch from Hyeona Yang on Vimeo.

Water conservation is a burning issue for environmentalists around the world.
But while most people earnestly look to conventional ways to save water, Hyeona Yang and Joshua Noble of the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design have taken it to another level.
They have invented the Raincatch, a raincoat that catches rain and recycles it into portable drinking water.

Interesting concept: The Raincatch was invented by two people from the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design

It could be a hiker's dream. Go for a walk while it's raining and the raincoat's hood collects the rainwater.
It then passes through a built-in charcoal filter and chemical purification system.

 Once purified, the drinkable water is stored around the shoulders and various pockets of the coat.

Then all you need to do to drink it is sip from the straw connected to the coat's intricate tubing system, Yahoo Tech reports.

Sip, sip hooray: The water is stored around the shoulders and in pockets

Tubes everywhere: The coat has ann intricate tubular system

Yang and Noble took an ordinary raincoat, and altered it so that it has a 'distinct look and feel of its own.'
Yang said: 'The water is stored around the hips of the coat where the weight can be ergonomically carried by the wearer without strain.
'The aesthetics of the coat and simple but elegant, showing the water and the internal workings of the coat, but hiding the water storage and maintaing a clean form factor.'
The Raincatch is an intriguing concept and it might be fun to wear -