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This could be great for a prepper's toolbox. If it actually hits the $150 price point, it's easily affordable for someone in the developed world who just wants
by nostrademons 5y ago
This could be great for a prepper's toolbox. If it actually hits the $150 price point, it's easily affordable for someone in the developed world who just wants to be prepared if the developed world un-develops, and drinking water's a critical survival need that many properties won't have available without municipal utilities or transportation. And in most apocalypse scenarios that you'd prepare for, you can't count on transportation remaining available.
- zaptrem 5y agoThis seems relevant: > The prototype described here is a purely experimental device. While substitutions and modifications are reasonably straightforward, water harvested with this experimental device is not intended to be ingested. Among other design choices, adhesives were selected for experimental performance and would need to be substitued with ones meeting food grade standards.
- oofbey 5y agoSo typically Google. Patting themselves on the back for being smart and proving to themselves they could figure it out. But not actually accomplishing anything useful. Getting it to actually work - that’s too easy and boring for a googler to waste their time on.
- Semaphor 5y agoThey did the groundwork. Now it’s open source and anyone can improve/finish it. What would you prefer, them never releasing it, so interested people have nothing to start from? I’m not a Google fan, but I see this as a positive.
- oofbey 5y agoBut did they do anything new? Or did they just repeat a bunch of research others have already done into dehumidifying water extractors? I honestly don't know. A lot of the comments here make me think it's the latter.