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RE: New jacket that collects up to 900ml of water per day directly from the air/Nueva chaqueta que obtiene hasta 900 ml de agua al día directamente del aire

in Popular STEM2 months ago

This is an important advancement in the development of wearable water harvesting solutions. By combining moisture-trapping, high surface area and water-attracting materials to biomatter celluloid within a textile hydrogel, the authors/creators if rather have developed a fabric capable of harvesting water from the environment and creating 400 to 900mL of drinking water per day for various levels of relative humidity. While the tested prototype requires both a separate water extraction procedure and outside heat source, the potential applications of this to backpackers, disaster-recovery personnel, armies, and the 1.1billion who live without sufficient access to drinking water range widely and technologically WORTHY!