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Real-life 'stillsuit' recycles body fluids into drinkable water
In Frank Herbert's Dune novels, water is so scarce on planet Arrakis that it's absolutely sacred to the desert-dwelling Fremen, who wear special 'stillsuits' that capture and recycle nearly all their body fluids. Now, a YouTuber has built one for real.
In Frank Herbert's Dune novels, water is so scarce on planet Arrakis that it's absolutely sacred to the desert-dwelling Fremen, who wear special 'stillsuits' that capture and recycle nearly all their body fluids. In first Dune book, which has recently been made into a two-part movie epic, planetologist Liet Kynes explains the stillsuit to Duke Leto Atreiades as follows: The team starts out with what's effectively a waterproof bag-suit, and installs a heat exchanger in the back, powered by a small LiPo battery pack.
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