"Researchers from ShindongBangs Corporation, a partner of Daewoo
Electronics, announced they have a process that transforms water into a
cleansing agent. 7 years of research and 3 million $ were necessary. The
process is called Midas, a name from Greek mythology, "because changing the
nature of water is God's domain", said inventor Kim Hee-Jung." (snip)
"The secret of this discovery is well kept so far. Kim Hee-Jung only
provides general comments. "Water passes through a valve covered with
electrodes. Electric shocks transform matter. Water thus catalyzed has the
same properties as a detergent." (snip)
"Tests have been done in front of journalists and engineers. It works." (snip)
"It's not a first attempt for ShindongBangs. Earler this year, its factories
produced a desinfectant and an insecticide without chemistry, using the same
water catalyzing process. The desinfectant is presently used in several
Korean hospitals. University of Seoul's Department of Medicine even
recommended its use for the prevention of liver cancer. For the insecticide,
results are less evident. "The system is costly and farmers cannot afford
it" admits the company."
"The invention was originally developed by a small venture company, Kyungwon
Enterprise Co. It comes as a breath of oxygen for crisis laden Korea. Big
conglomerates smelled the potential and battled to acquire the license, but
Daewoo were first on the line and wants to make it the biggest Korean export
in 1999. After a series of articles in local dailies, the company is
overwhelmed by calls.Chang-In-Sang, spokes-person for Daewoo Electronics,
tries to calm the enthusiasm. "We have tests to do in September and we must
down-size the system to integrate it in ordinary washing machines."
"If all goes well, the revolutionary machines will be on sale early next
year. Korea already exports 2 million out of the 47 million washing machines
sold each year, and hopes with this system to multiply that number by 10."
(end of article excerpts)
Now, some footnotes of mine :
1 / Electrically "magnetized", "activated", "dynamized", "structured" waters
have been around since the beginning of 20th century. So far they were
distinctly fringe affairs, well outside mainstream science Now, if an
industrial giant like Daewoo gets into the act, the whole field could reach
a new level of recognition. High time !
2 / Back in 1959, French water researcher Jeanne Rousseau took a patent (for
France, Germany, Switzerland and UK) on a vortex device (2 rotors with
vertical axes turning in opposinte directions) which produced water that
could clean dirty laundry in 5 minutes without detergent. Cleansing and
toxin elimination effects were also found on human subjects - on skin,
intestines, bladder. Development was begun, then interrupted due to
administrative hassles and threats of lawsuits for "illegal practice of
medicine", and Ms Rousseau was financially ruined. (Now she's a charming old
lady and mayor of her little town in Brittany, and she's not involved any
more. The patents are public domain).
3 / The Korean process reminds me (except for the insecticide claim) of the
Japanese and Korean devices for "Microwater" or "Superoxyde water", that
produce 2 kinds of water, alkaline water for human consumption and acid
water for cleansing and antiseptic properties. Bit of a patent rip-off
somewhere ?
4 / BTW, Jacques Benveniste once told me that he had tried lots of
"activated waters" in his experiments of electromagnetic "memory imprinting"
on water, that he never noticed any effect, except for this Japanese
Microwater device, whose alkaline water definitely enhances the effect...
Well, there's no end to water's wonder stories !
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Jean-Pierre Lentin
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