Low-Tech, Energy-Free Tool Collects and Cleans Fog Water
A new fog harvester could benefit communities that lack access to clean freshwater.
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A new fog harvester could benefit communities that lack access to clean freshwater.
The inconvenient truth of striving for resource efficiency is that it often results in higher consumption
"It can be used in areas with atmospheric pollution, such as densely populated urban centers."
The polymer part helps collect water efficiently and the titanium dioxide acts as a knight in shining armor, breaking down those nasty pollutant molecules.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and ETH Zurich are using a specially coated metal mesh to extract water from fog while removing environmental pollutants. People in dry ...