Alan Stainer

Tech head through and through.

WaterSeer

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WaterSeer

You can’t get greener than this. It’s a new device for collecting and condensing water from the air. It doesn’t use a power source, or chemicals. It just uses basic physics.

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/waterseer-can-produce-11-gallons-day-clean-drinking-water-air.html?utm_content=bufferd957e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

h/t Renaud Janson

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/waterseer-can-produce-11-gallons-day-clean-drinking-water-air.html?utm_content=bufferd957e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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  1. Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith says

    Half the commenters seem rather skeptical about it, which isn’t surprising given that blogs like TreeHugger are always bound to attract holier-than-thou trolls whose words are far louder than their actions.

    That said if this device is as efficient as they say, testing it in a live environment in somewhere like California which has had a really bad drought for an awfully long time would be a start.

  5. Daise Flowers says

    Fascinating! This device is long overdue and reminds me of Star Trek science, and class M planet fiction! Actually think I will purchase one of these devices, or construct one just because… Hope we can get them to the needy around the world for a better planet for all humanity. ((Please watch the presentation video, Very cool!))

  8. Daise Flowers says

    If one had a little garden far away from a tap wouldn’t this be wonderful? or as an alternative drinking water source other than the public water tap or plastic bottled water. I’d probably add a hose filter and a fine screen keeping insects out.

  10. Daise Flowers says

    I’d imagine when winter comes, protecting the device would be best, unless, of course, it’d still work? I’d think it’d be an interesting and useful gardening feature… we had such a drought this summer, wells were going dry everywhere.

  12. Bob Spencer says

    Ruald Andreae Very cool! $500 doesnt seem like much, and why does it take a week to build. If this worked as well as it says there would already be 1000s out there i would think.

  13. Bob Spencer says

    After searching for info on this and other air to water machines. it appears it not as simple as it looks, and doesn’t always work unless there is moisture in the air. Desert, or Arid places are near impossible to extract water from the air. even at night when its cold from what i researched… but great idea if it does what it claims. and if does there should be 1000s of them placed in desert areas.

  19. Marlene Deosaran says

    This is interesting however I understand that distilled water actually removes minerals from the body…..as opposed to spring water that picks up minerals as it runs through the rocks.

  20. Daise Flowers says

    Marlene Deosaran Yet the lack of clean drinking water doesn’t discriminate in death. Luckily, the cooking process with such fluid usually adds some vital minerals to the captured water, and perhaps adding mineral supplements to the water can help. In the end, this water combined with an arid region diet and supplements will most definitely keep folks alive and well hydrated.

  25. Sundar Tumuluru says

    Fine. I consider Water as one of the essential & precious requirement of human being. This will be a sustainable gadget for drought prone places. I learnt the value of water the hard way – the essence of life.

  26. Sundar Tumuluru says

    Alan, think this is one of the path-breaking device & will definitely welcomed by all who know the preciousness of water, God forbid politics in this….!!!