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Creating Water from Thin Air

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the droid-that-understands-the-binary-language-of-moisture-vaporators dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "In order to provide the U.S. Military with water in places like Iraq, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency gave millions of dollars in research funding to companies like LexCarb and Sciperio to try to extract water from the air. Amazingly, a company that DARPA didn't fund, Aqua Sciences, beat them all to the punch by developing a machine that can extract up to 600 gallons of water a day from thin air even in locations like arid deserts. The 20 foot machine does this without using or producing toxic materials or byproducts. The CEO of Aqua Sciences declined to elaborate on how the machine works, but said it is based on the natural process by which salt absorbs water."

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  1. I have one of these in my car... by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's called an 'air conditioner'. Seriously, taking humidity out of the air is news?

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  2. Re:Linky link by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe if AquaSciences can sell this stuff to Israel, they won't try again to capture the Litani river in Lebanon...

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  3. Re:They did this in ancient times in the middle ea by fyngyrz · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...maybe the liquid came after Moses was hit with the rock. Red water... imagine that. :)

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  4. don't even think about using this crap in africa! by urbieta · · Score: 0, Troll

    There are millions of people dying because of contaminated water or no water at all, and the first to get this new SO CALLED "machine that get water from air" (I must see before I believe) are for WAR? the gates foundation should check first if this exists, and then spend a couple billions arround the world :)

  5. Lucas - king of the rip-offs by tygt · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's always grated on me just how much Lucas ripped off so many different excellent works to piece together "his" universe - Dune, Foundation, etc...