This Jacket Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air #Wearable
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“The textile incorporated into the jacket collects moisture and funnels it to detachable harvesting units.” Image Via UT News Stillsuit anyone? Not quite, but engineers at the University of Texas have developed a jacket that collects water from the air. The advance fabric technology can harvest 3x-10x more water than current materials. Via UT […]
“The textile incorporated into the jacket collects moisture and funnels it to detachable harvesting units.” Image Via UT News
Stillsuit anyone? Not quite, but engineers at the University of Texas have developed a jacket that collects water from the air. The advance fabric technology can harvest 3x-10x more water than current materials. Via UT News:
“The important advance here is that the team did not simply make another material that absorbs water,” said Keith Johnston, co-author and chair professor of the Cockrell School of Engineering’s McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering. “They designed a pathway for water to move quickly, from vapor in the air, to liquid on the fiber surface, and then into the textile. That transport design is what allows the material to work not just in a small lab test, but in a wearable system.”
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