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Water Bottle Fills Itself From the Air
mbstone writes "The Namib Desert Beetle generates water from water vapor via its shell, which has alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic bumps which channel water droplets into its mouth. Scientists at MIT developed a self-filling water bottle using this technology, and have announced a contest for the best design of a countertop water-from-air generator."
I'm not hydrophobic, I have gay friends!
You know what they say, the bottle is half empty for pessimists and 1 year away from being full for an optimist.
NBD Nano co-founder Deckard Sorensen wants this green technology available in all walks of life; installing it on people, cars, homes and anything else you can imagine.
Next stop stillsuits.
Sounds like vaporware to me.
I guess your browser has HTTP_X_PREFIX_ARTICLE_TITLE set to "In the near future, it looks as if we'll have a ". I can see how that makes Slashdot more pleasant to read ;-)
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50% or 50% empty is a misnomer. Let an engineer look at it, and he'll show you an over-engineered bottle!
Make one that does whisky and I'm sold.
Where could you get UV light from in the desert?
70% of my friends are water!
We already have this in Ireland. All you need is a funnel. Doesn't need any special properties.