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How about in wet, hot environments (or even cold ones), like on a boat? Watermakers are very expensive and use a lot of electricity. If one could do this on a b
by lr 4y ago
How about in wet, hot environments (or even cold ones), like on a boat? Watermakers are very expensive and use a lot of electricity. If one could do this on a boat to generate clean drinking water, that would be pretty amazing. Especially if one could use a tube solar oven to heat up the substance.
- timerol 4y agoThird paragraph of TFA: > The research builds on previous breakthroughs from the team, including the ability to pull water out of the atmosphere[1] and the application of that technology to create self-watering soil[2]. However, these technologies were designed for relatively high-humidity environments. 1: https://news.utexas.edu/2019/03/13/solar-powered-moisture-harvester-collects-and-cleans-water-from-air/ https://news.utexas.edu/2019/03/13/solar-powered-moisture-ha... 2: https://news.utexas.edu/2020/11/02/self-watering-soil-could-transform-farming/ https://news.utexas.edu/2020/11/02/self-watering-soil-could-...