Photo credit – A Filter Cap in use. (Image Credit: Nicolas Fernández)

I love a story that underscores how technology is sometimes actually delivering on the promise to help better the world.

Whether it is helpful home repair, useful custom stuff, assistive devices, land fill avoidance, heirloom preservation, or … improving accessibilty – to many things – including water apparently.

BIODEGRADABLE FILTER CAPS MAKE CLEAN DRINKING WATER ACCESSIBLE

Here is a story that caught my eye about 3D printing technology helping get clean water to folks in Colombia;

these biodegradable caps transform any PET bottle into a portable water filtration system