Frank Herbert's Moisture Traps May Be a Reality 226
Omomyid writes "In the seminal science fiction book 'Dune,' Frank Herbert envisioned the Fremen collecting water from the air via moisture traps and dew collectors. Science Daily reprints a press release from the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, where scientists working with colleagues from Logos Innovationen have developed a closed-loop and self-sustaining method, no external power required, for teasing the humidity out of desert air and into potable water."
Will these scientists ever learn? (Score:5, Funny)
Walk without rythm, fellow travelers.
I have no need for this article (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Perry Bible Fellowship (Score:5, Funny)
>dessert dwellers
Dessert, eh?
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF145-Nunez.jpg [pbfcomics.com]
I'm on Padishah Emperor Shaddam's side (Score:4, Funny)
> Frank Herbert's Moisture Traps May Be a Reality
No Kidding. The Jihad is a reality too.
Re:When the figurative white man "discovers" it (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks for clearing that up. I thought you meant he would suddenly notice Solid Snake sneaking around his desalinization plant.
Re:In the seminal science fiction book 'Dune (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I have no need for this article (Score:2, Funny)
It's amazing how many articles pass through this forum to which this is a perfectly appropriate response.
Re:Still suits next? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Still suits next? (Score:5, Funny)
(forgot the line breaks)
Only a gallon of water over an acre of land? I doubt it.
I'm not really used to the Imperial System, but I'll try my best to do the calculation in it.
1 acre = "how much a man with an ox can manage in 1 day"
1 gallon = "1 eights of a bushel"
1 bushel = "the volume of a pile of wheat which weighs 64 tower pounds"
1 tower pound = "5400 troy grains"
1 troy grain = "64.79891 milligrams"
1 quart = "a quarter of a gallon"
density of wheat = 950 000 karat / hogshead
average humidity in Colorado = 40%
assume a humidity of 40%, and you get about 40 gallons of water in the furlong of air over an acre of land. A quart doesn't really seem to make that much of a difference.
Re:When the figurative white man "discovers" it (Score:1, Funny)
I never knew humans lived in salinated desserts before. Could you please tell me more?
Re:And this is news how? (Score:0, Funny)
Actually that's what the scoutmaster told you. What really happened is that I came by while you were still sleeping and pissed in your mug.
The unspoken dream of Muad'Dib (Score:2, Funny)
...was to effectively trap the wind emerging from slashdotters.
Re:And this is news how? (Score:4, Funny)
Stop that. I'm planting seeds for the Darwin awards.
Re:When the figurative white man "discovers" it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In the seminal science fiction book 'Dune (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm on Padishah Emperor Shaddam's side (Score:1, Funny)
Meh...It's just a bunch of vapourware.