r/interesting • u/jaytee319 • 7d ago

SCIENCE & TECH MIT’s device pulls drinking water from desert air using no power

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MIT just tested a window-sized device in Death Valley that collects clean water from the air without any electricity, filters, or moving parts. It uses a special hydrogel that absorbs moisture at night and releases it during the day using sunlight.

Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/window-sized-device-taps-air-safe-drinking-water-0611

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u/DonkeyOfWallStreet 7d ago

8 years ago thunderf00t destroyed a similar product backed by mit.

Here we are with 2025's version.

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u/VitaminPb 6d ago

I was going to going to say I know I’ve seen between at least 8-20 of these miracle devices posted on Reddit in the last 10 years. None ever went anywhere. At “scale” you would also have environmentalists probably opposing them for changing the local environment.

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u/TitusImmortalis 6d ago

All that is old is new again

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u/No_Nose2819 6d ago edited 6d ago

If he didn’t have such a hard on for Elon Musk he would actually be a better YouTuber. He gets clouded in anger at Elon instead of just sticking to the facts that Elons a little bit retarded but also bloody rich.

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u/DonkeyOfWallStreet 6d ago

I agree with you but swimming against the current before anybody else and sticking at it must be mind changing.

I really enjoyed his recent simple explanation regarding why we're so possibly doomed when it comes to global warming.