Perhaps, but I predict limited success. The article talks about being able to install these towers in a dessert and specifically talks about temperature varianc

Perhaps, but I predict limited success. The article talks about being able to install these towers in a dessert and specifically talks about temperature variance, but low humidity environments would still have more lower yield. You can't make something just out of nothing. It also seems like the fine Playa dust would be another negative. As any Burner will tell you, Playa gets into everything. I don't see any way to avoid getting Playa into the inner chamber which then would require further filtering and refinement to separate from the water. The best use of this technology would be an environment where ground water isn't safe, but that has a high enough humidity to be able to yield a sufficient supply. That being said, Burning Man would provide a suitable environment to push this to the extremes and see what it might be capable of. It would certainly help discover how it will break down.