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Harvester pulls 1.5 gallons of drinking water from arid air per day
It’s an unfortunate irony that while many regions struggle to find enough water, there’s trillions of liters of the stuff floating around in the air everywhere. A new water harvester design from MIT can pull enough fresh water out of the air to meet the daily needs of several people.
It’s an unfortunate irony that while many regions struggle to find enough water, there’s trillions of liters of the stuff floating around in the air everywhere. To maximize the surface area exposed to the air, this new device is made up of a series of vertical fins spaced 2 mm (0.08 in) apart. The potential downside is that this system requires energy to release the water – the base of the device needs to reach 184 °C (363 °F) to wring it out.
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