MIT made a similar device as well. I looked it up after hearing about people in Ukrainian cities being in need of water now. https://news.mit.edu/2020/solar-ex

MIT made a similar device as well. I looked it up after hearing about people in Ukrainian cities being in need of water now. https://news.mit.edu/2020/solar-extracts-drinkable-water-1014 https://news.mit.edu/2020/solar-extracts-drinkable-water-101... There was a HN post 7 months ago, too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28265067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28265067 The commenters didn't seem to see much use in it ^^