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Invention turns fog into drinking water

Lot of informaition left out again, like what powers it,and how or is it passive?
no point in these write ups without basic facts

Cloud and fog harvesting has been going on at scale for years, if not decades in many places - particularly in the Andes. This is nothing new. Fences of screens/nets with troughs under them are sited on ridges an or in passes where moisture saturated air movement passes regularly. The moisture droplets form on the screens/nets and gravity takes it down to the trough and then the trough to catch basins/sumps where pumps and or villagers transport the water to use. There have been numerous articles on this in the popular press - anybody bother to look for background?

This is article does not show any signs of the author or editor doing any research on the subject and how and why the un-described "device" might be better and more efficient. The editor of this article needs to be replaced by someone with a broader background and someone willing to research what is "news" and what is not.

I seem to recall an interview with one of the technical types involved in the original Star Wars. He said, though they were never actually seen, they had designed the water harvesting devices that Luke's uncle ran on Tatooine. They operated on the same basic premise as this.

ask for more info you need from the author. i am sure he is willing to email you what you need to know. my opinion. as for the author...go for it and keep going.

This has been done in the Peruvian mountains for years. A cloth sheet, similar to cheesecloth, is put up and water from the fog condenses on the fabric and runs into a collection basin or pipe. No electricity or other power required.

The basic concept has been done for a long time. I'll bet the Peruvian cloth is cheaper to produce. A key factor when designing for poor people.

Keep moving this and power it up with Solar unlike the Atmospheric Water Generator which requires AC Grid loads- although also workable with Alt-energy but expensive!
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Very good innovation...How is it different from the Fog Catchers installed in Peru by conservationists Tiedemann and Lummerich?

wow that great innovation for saving energy...