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> The suitcase-sized device...can also be driven by a small, portable solar panel, > Yoon and Kang used machine learning to find the ideal combination of ICP a
by dehrmann 5y ago
> The suitcase-sized device...can also be driven by a small, portable solar panel,
> Yoon and Kang used machine learning to find the ideal combination of ICP and electrodialysis modules.
These bits feel like they were added because ML and solar power will get more clicks.
- eps 5y ago> The research was funded ... the Experimental AI Postdoc Fellowship Program of Northeastern University, and the Roux AI Institute That's the cause of the AI part. The solar panel bit probably came from the Army requirements, who's another sponsor.
- SturgeonsLaw 5y agoTrue, especially using ML to determine the size/layout of the components. That could be very easy assessed by varying the sizes in a consistent, linear way, and measuring the effectiveness in subsequent tests, rather than throwing it into the black box of ML.
- SamBam 5y agoML maybe, but solar power definitely not. They show an example use-case as a single-family house in a site of flooding and devestation. An emergency desalinator would definitely need to run off of a small generator or solar.