A device captures water from air

  • Omar Yaghi develops device to capture water from air
Omar Yaghi develops device to capture water from air
 

Have you ever thought of drinking in the atmosphere? There is a man who can make water out of thin air, in fact he can make it out of any kind of air you like! Chemist Omar Yaghi and his team have developed a device, basically a solar-powered sponge, with a special substance within it, which absorbs water vapour from the atmosphere and turns it into liquid water, even in the desert. Brilliant! If only it was beer...