A jacket that harvests drinking water from the air

Post by keithnz » Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC

brewdad wrote: post #22

keithnz wrote: post #14

depending on actual conditions you are in, it could potentially double (or more) the time before you die of thirst if it was your only source of water.

I do wonder about the tradeoff between excess perspiration due to wearing heavier materials versus the ability to collect water, especially on the days where replenishing fluids is most crucial.

Post by aaron695 » Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 2:30 AM UTC

donkers wrote: post #24

the__alchemist wrote: post #21

Nearly all passive water-from-air devices described in articles are based on false claims. Peltier-based, desiccant/absorption/adsorption based, etc. All end up not working, or not existing. This has been common for ~10 years. Which category does this fall into?: - Fraud - Incompetence / misunderstanding that wasn't cleared up prior to publishing an article - Neither; this works as expected

The design seems reasonable. It seems like a scaled down version of this MIT one that uses similar principles: https://news.mit.edu/2025/window-sized-device-taps-air-safe-... So my vote is for working as expected.

Post by erelong » Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC

Post by ashton314 » Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC

Kurd wrote: post #7

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #3

My first thought was “yay a stillsuit” - but this grabs moisture from the air, not the wearer’s body. So no. No stillsuit yet.

Lisan al-Gaib!

Post by karim79 » Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC

phyzix5761 wrote: post #38

I appreciate this style of writing. Straight to the point. No 12 paragraphs about someone's grandmother falling in love in Italy with a plastic bag.