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Game-Changing Tech Turns Dry Desert Air Into Lifesaving Water
Scitech Daily ^ | October 29, 2024 | John Domol, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Posted on 10/29/2024 10:43:41 AM PDT by Red Badger

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DUNE!..............
1 posted on 10/29/2024 10:43:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Guess all they really needed was a droid who could understand the binary language of moisture vaporators, and Threepio stepped up.


2 posted on 10/29/2024 10:45:14 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: Red Badger

Wasn’t that Genesis Effect in Star Trek II?


3 posted on 10/29/2024 10:45:59 AM PDT by Mustangman
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To: Red Badger
No real mention of cost.

Sounds as if it may have niche potential. Might be a desert survival tool, but how much energy to obtain useful water from the salt-water which it generates?

4 posted on 10/29/2024 10:47:21 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: Red Badger

Squeeze harder?


5 posted on 10/29/2024 10:48:06 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Mustangman

In Dune, the Fremen had devices that would collect moisture and dew from the dry Dune air, every drop was precious.

They collected huge masses of water in underground cisterns and qanats.............


6 posted on 10/29/2024 10:49:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I have a sunflower plant that survived very hot dry spells. There are tiny, tiny, thin needles coming out of stalks on the plant. All the boffins gotta do is mimic that.
Another b.s. headline. “TRANSFORMING air into water”..how about “CAPTURING water out of air”?


7 posted on 10/29/2024 10:52:18 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: RandallFlagg

They have never heard of a solar still?


8 posted on 10/29/2024 10:55:01 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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A solar still draws moisture out of the plants and/or dampness in the soil, not from the air.


9 posted on 10/29/2024 10:58:52 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Getready

Science and English aren’t requirements of journalism schools..............


10 posted on 10/29/2024 11:03:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I was thinking of moisture farmers; long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.


11 posted on 10/29/2024 11:06:11 AM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: Red Badger

Arrakis.


12 posted on 10/29/2024 11:21:10 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Enough of this talk about narcissists, let's get back to talking about me.)
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To: Libloather

LOL!


13 posted on 10/29/2024 11:40:03 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Red Badger

Good on them. I hope it’s large-scale and successful.

We did this in Science Class back when Dinosaurs roamed the Earth! Some of you HAD to have learned this in Scouts or in the Military in Survival Courses? I did.

https://sciencenotes.org/how-to-make-distilled-water/

Lots of ideas for collecting/making/distilling water on Prepper sites.


14 posted on 10/29/2024 11:49:08 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: 31R1O
I was thinking of moisture farmers; long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.



15 posted on 10/29/2024 12:26:45 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Red Badger

But, can they turn the water into wine?


16 posted on 10/29/2024 12:59:43 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Mark

First things first...............


17 posted on 10/29/2024 1:07:26 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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But, can they turn the water into wine?

On many occasions I have turned wine into water.

18 posted on 10/29/2024 1:38:12 PM PDT by SC DOC (A)
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To: Red Badger

Draining huge amounts of moisture from a desert will have effects on the ecosystem. I am not a whack job green supporter. Changing drastically any thing made by our creator has negative effects.


19 posted on 10/29/2024 2:16:58 PM PDT by delta7
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There is only so much water in the air. But of course, they just need a few billion in government money to further study.

I have noticed many new breakthroughs and discoveries at US colleges are done by those with Chinese names. Hmmm..


20 posted on 10/29/2024 3:48:35 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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