New water maker tech
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wonkywinch
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Atoco, a technology company that Yaghi founded, said their units, comparable in size to a 20-foot shipping container ...
I switched off then
I switched off then
newtothis
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Miniaturisation comes to every technology: I used to own one of these:Atoco, a technology company that Yaghi founded, said their units, comparable in size to a 20-foot shipping container ...
I switched off then
westernman
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Could supply just about enough water for two average UK households.Atoco, a technology company that Yaghi founded, said their units, comparable in size to a 20-foot shipping container ...
I switched off then
And enough water to fill my swimming pool in about 3 months!
Frogmogman
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Just because it is of no interest for large scale production is hardly the issue.
I think in the context that the article is talking about, disaster relief and so on, it sounds like an excellent idea.
I think in the context that the article is talking about, disaster relief and so on, it sounds like an excellent idea.
Fr J Hackett
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Doesn't a dehumidifier harvest water from the air. Disclaimer, I haven't read the link. 
ylop
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Yes! I *think* the innovation here is a much more efficient way of doing that. perhaps one day will be a suitable scale and efficiency compared to a watermaker for yacht use?Doesn't a dehumidifier harvest water from the air. Disclaimer, I haven't read the link.
TiggerToo
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Bouba
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It says it’s the size of a shipping container....my boat is the size of a shipping container
Freebee
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getting water out of the air,isnt that what aircon units already do?? albeit its not a good idea to drink ex aircon water...
ylop
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It’s the size of a 20’ shipping container to make 1000L per day. They claim to have man portable solutions.
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Frogmogman
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A 20 ft shipping container ?
Bouba
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Volume wise…..could be
mjcoon
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Because you still have to distil it (again!)?
oldbloke
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Rather annoying, even when you go to their website and negotiate several doom loops you are no closer to understanding what their nano structures do or what low grade ambient energy is. Nice slick website though.
ducked
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loooxuury!
ducked
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Heavy metals leached from soldered joints IIRC.
ducked
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Spliced, surely? Or perhaps nanospliced?
ducked
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The still-suit, as in that ripoff of Bedu culture DUNE?