Articles Archive for 23 April 2008
Nerdness, Space, Techno-gazoink!, War in Iraq »
A company called Aqua Sciences, based out of Miami Beach, can now harvest water from atmospheric moisture – essentially getting “water from thin air.”
Interestingly, although Aqua Sciences wasn’t directly funded through military contracting, it will find early uses in hydrating our troops in Iraq – where it will bring water transportation costs from $30 a gallon to $.30 a gallon.
Darpa gave millions to research companies like LexCarb and Sciperio to create a contraption that could capture water in the Mesopotamian desert.
But it was another company, Aqua Sciences, that developed a …