3D Printing Could Pull Drinking Water From Thin Air
Like vaporator farms on the sands of Tatooine, a team led by GE Research hopes to extract drinking water from thin air. Of course, atmospheric water generators are not science fiction. From ancient Incan fog fences to more modern condensation systems, people have long tapped into humidity. What the GE-led team hopes to do is apply modern 3D design, materials science and additive manufacturing to make atmospheric water mining more efficient. The project is called AIR2WATER — a conveniently compact way of saying Additively Manufactured, Integrated Reservoir To Extract Water using Adsorbents and Thermally-Enhanced Recovery. The device will use a…