A jacket that harvests drinking water from the air

 (news.utexas.edu)

34 points | by ilreb 2 hours ago

10 comments

  • the__alchemist 0 minutes ago
    Nearly 100% of passive water-from-air devices described in articles rely on fraudulent claims. This has been common for ~10 years.
  • PLenz 45 minutes ago
    Makes sense since we're speedrunning the other parts of the Butlerian jihad
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    • EarlKing 15 minutes ago
      I don't know about the rest of you, but if somebody spots Shai-hulud out in the Sahara I'm outta here.
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  • b3ing 9 minutes ago
    I wonder if it has microplastics, but probably depends what kind of fabric was used
  • keithnz 30 minutes ago
    depending on actual conditions you are in, it could potentially double (or more) the time before you die of thirst if it was your only source of water.
  • loloquwowndueo 1 hour ago
    My first thought was “yay a stillsuit” - but this grabs moisture from the air, not the wearer’s body. So no. No stillsuit yet.
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    • sanex 1 hour ago
      Seconded. I wonder which would taste better though.
    • 3eb7988a1663 59 minutes ago
      Would you want it? I thought you were supposed to urinate and defecate in the suit so as to maximally retain moisture.
    • Kurd 1 hour ago
      Lisan al-Gaib!
    • g-b-r 1 hour ago
      Just wear it in reverse ;)

      A big step towards a stillsuit anyways ;)

  • niggischiggi 5 minutes ago
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  • SadErn 1 hour ago
    Vaporware has never tasted so good or been so refreshing.
  • ArchieScrivener 1 hour ago
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  • jojobas 1 hour ago
    This sort of thing can't work as it would break basic laws of thermodynamics. Best case it's a dehumidifier with extra steps.
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    • donkers 42 minutes ago
      Why would it break the laws? Per the article it uses the heat from sunlight to do some of its work, it's not some kind of magic fabric.
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      • jojobas 34 minutes ago
        So a dehumidifier with extra steps.
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        • Supermancho 28 minutes ago
          "extra steps" meaning wearable dehumidifier. Are there other wearable dehumidifiers to produce drinking water? I don't think so.

          A reductive assessment (to a specific feature) of a novel idea, does not make it less interesting.