On 16/06/2009, at 2:22 PM, [email protected] wrote:
"In the seminal science fiction book 'Dune,' Frank Herbert
envisioned the Fremen collecting water from the air via moisture
traps and dew collectors. Science Daily reprints a press release
from the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, where scientists working
with colleagues from Logos Innovationen have developed a closed-loop
and self-sustaining method, no external power required, for teasing
the humidity out of desert air and into potable water."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605091856.htm
There are several devices to do this, some of them actually on the
market. One is a wind turbine arrangement that produces around 10
litres an hour (plenty for drinking purposes for several people!).
http://www.waterunlimited.com.au/ is one, although their website seems
to be in between designs right now.
C.
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