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Frank Herbert's Moisture Traps May Be a Reality
Omomyid writes "In the seminal science fiction book 'Dune,' Frank Herbert envisioned the Fremen collecting water from the air via moisture traps and dew collectors. Science Daily reprints a press release from the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, where scientists working with colleagues from Logos Innovationen have developed a closed-loop and self-sustaining method, no external power required, for teasing the humidity out of desert air and into potable water."
Walk without rythm, fellow travelers.
What I really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
>dessert dwellers
Dessert, eh?
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present day... present time... hahahaha...
> Frank Herbert's Moisture Traps May Be a Reality
No Kidding. The Jihad is a reality too.
Thanks for clearing that up. I thought you meant he would suddenly notice Solid Snake sneaking around his desalinization plant.
Wanna say that to my crysknife, punk?
Only a gallon of water over an acre of land? I doubt it. I'm not really used to the Imperial System, but I'll try my best to do the calculation in it. 1 acre = "how much a man with an ox can manage in 1 day" 1 gallon = "1 eights of a bushel" 1 bushel = "the volume of a pile of wheat which weighs 64 tower pounds" 1 tower pound = "5400 troy grains" 1 troy grain = "64.79891 milligrams" 1 quart = "a quarter of a gallon" density of wheat = 950 000 karat / hogshead average humidity in Colorado = 40% assume a humidity of 40%, and you get about 40 gallons of water in the furlong of air over an acre of land. A quart doesn't really seem to make that much of a difference.
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Only a gallon of water over an acre of land? I doubt it.
I'm not really used to the Imperial System, but I'll try my best to do the calculation in it.
1 acre = "how much a man with an ox can manage in 1 day"
1 gallon = "1 eights of a bushel"
1 bushel = "the volume of a pile of wheat which weighs 64 tower pounds"
1 tower pound = "5400 troy grains"
1 troy grain = "64.79891 milligrams"
1 quart = "a quarter of a gallon"
density of wheat = 950 000 karat / hogshead
average humidity in Colorado = 40%
assume a humidity of 40%, and you get about 40 gallons of water in the furlong of air over an acre of land. A quart doesn't really seem to make that much of a difference.
I never knew humans lived in salinated desserts before. Could you please tell me more?
Actually that's what the scoutmaster told you. What really happened is that I came by while you were still sleeping and pissed in your mug.
...was to effectively trap the wind emerging from slashdotters.
Note to those who may want to try this at home: piss in the *vegetation*, not the mug...
Stop that. I'm planting seeds for the Darwin awards.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
I thought he meant the Arab guy would have a quest for him.
you call that a crysknife, mate? THIS is a crysknife.