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Frank Herbert's Moisture Traps May Be a Reality

Posted by kdawson on from the it's-a-dry-heat dept.

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."

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  1. No, more like this... by Grog6 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A large pile of rocks will do the same thing, pretty much.

    http://www.european-pyramids.eu/wb/pages/european-pyramids/greece.php

    Same end effect, with no tech. Much cheaper, I'd bet. :)

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