[Ask the Gulch] has anyone heard of this new technology -- "fontus"is the name and condensing water from the air around us is the process. here's the website: http://www.designboom.com/technology/fontus-self-filling-bottle-water-10-25-2014 know anything about it? - Galt's Gulch

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[Ask the Gulch] has anyone heard of this new technology -- "fontus"is the name and condensing water from the air around us is the process. here's the website: http://www.designboom.com/technology/fontus-self-filling-bottle-water-10-25-2014 know anything about it?

Posted by johnpe1 8 years, 11 months ago to Ask the Gulch

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Posted by Owlsrayne 8 years, 10 months ago

I have seen some methods of drawing water out of the air. I live in the desert southwest and a fan of the Dune novels by Frank Herbert and now his son and Brian Anderson. The one idea in the books are the wind traps for drawing water out of the air. I have been trying to design in my mind then paper for a small scale model. If that could be done it would help with the water supply here.

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Posted by allosaur 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.

You got that right. I pretty much grew up during summers by a lake in the Florida Panhandle.

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Posted by Suzanne43 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.

LOL! Add Florida to that during the summer....well, make that pretty much all year round. I've spent some time there during the summer. I woke up one morning hearing the sound of raindrops. It wasn't raining...just the humidity dripping off the eaves.

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Posted by CTYankee 8 years, 10 months ago

Ahhh, technology derived from Frank Herbert's DUNE universe -- I'm OK with that as such, but it seems kinda foolish and energy expensive... Unless you're bicycling through the fog.

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Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 10 months ago

There's only one thing that stands in the way of this device: Reality!

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Posted by allosaur 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.

Alabama humidity where I live should convert into water as fast as a flash flood!

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Posted by MichaelAarethun 8 years, 10 months ago

It's like that imitation air conditioner that only works in the SW desert areas when the humidity is high.

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Posted by wiggys 8 years, 10 months ago

i have used compressors for years in my business and when you have a compressor producing 125 pounds of air pressure continuously you create water. the more moist the environment the more you produce. carry a compressor on your back as well as the fuel to power it. or get one of those new electrified jackets to create the power from the sun.

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Posted by jetmec 8 years, 10 months ago

I've seen this video, At the moment it's not technically possible as the volume required is beyond this thing

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Posted by LiamDeep 8 years, 11 months ago

Not a problem. My wife directed me to the Fontus. I had seen the video about 12 hours before. If it sounds too good, well... you know the rest. :D

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Posted by johnpe1 8 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.

Thank You, LD! . I was pretty sure that this was an
engineering hoax, and your videographer caught 'em
in the act! . Thanks Again! -- j
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Posted by LiamDeep 8 years, 11 months ago

One of my favorite videographers recently produced a few videos dealing directly with the associated science. This is a link to the most relevant. Hope you find it helpful. https://youtu.be/aPvXnmBIO7o

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Posted by johnpe1 8 years, 11 months ago

the website is:::

http://www.designboom.com/technology/...

-- j
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