MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California.
This looks very interesting...
Source (https://news.mit.edu/2025/window-sized-device-taps-air-safe-drinking-water-0611)
Interesting. I've wondered if it could be possible to make a device to pull pollution n such out of the air?
That would have probably not worked where I was stationed in Idaho - Mountain Home Air Force Base, about 40 miles SW of Boise. That was some of the worst desert that I have ever seen.
We moved there from Tyndall AFB, on the beach of Florida. At Tyndall, when we opened a loaf of bread to make a sandwich, we took our time making the sandwich and the bread was perfectly soft. After we moved, we raced to take the bread out for our sandwich, closed the bag immediately, threw the meat, cheese and condiments on and stuffed it in our mouths - and it was stale the first bite. Likewise, down in FL, we would open a bag of chips, and the first chips to put in our mouth would be wilting from humidity. But, when we opened a bag in ID, we could let the chips sit out in a bowl for a week, and they would stay fresh, and crisp. I used to wash down the table, and watch the wetness trail drying almost as fast as I was wiping it down. I would leave a glass, full of water, out over night, and it was half gone from evaporation the next morning. It was a pretty crazy change.
I also remember going to the Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs, or Sergeants) Club in Florida and ordering my favorite - the Seafood Platter (coast of Florida, GREAT seafood.) When I got to Mtn. Home AFB, I saw the same thing in the NCO Club menu, and excitedly ordered it - "We are not in Florida any more, Toto!" They served me a couple of Mrs. Paul's breaded fish sticks, and some other like stuff.