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Cheap, polymer-coated cotton automagically captures water from desert air

2013-01-21 18:03:31| Extremetech

Just like how people end up living in the bitter, frostbitten cold, other people end up living in hot, arid regions. In the cold you need heat -- something easily remedied with proper clothing and heating equipment -- but in the heat, you need water, which is something you can't quite create out of man-made components. However, researchers have created a new special coating that, when applied to cotton, can suck water right out of the air.

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