This jacket can harvest drinking water from the air like a real-life Dune stillsuit
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Forward-looking: Researchers are developing a device that wouldn't look out of place the planet of Arrakis, also known as Dune: a jacket that harvests drinking water directly from the ambient air, offering a real-world spin on the sci-fi stillsuit fantasy.
The creation comes from engineers at the University of Texas at Austin, who have developed textile fibers for atmospheric water harvesting – the process of collecting moisture from the air and turning it into liquid water.
The work, published in Science Advances, addresses one of the biggest limitations of earlier systems: most are boxes, panels, sorbent beds, or other stationary devices, not something you can wear while hiking through the desert and pretending to be Paul Atreides.
The jacket's fabric collects moisture and funnels it into detachable harvesting units. These are...
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