Experts are working to bring the vaporizers from Skywalker's farm on Tatooine to real life.
Scientists are developing technology that will produce water in the style of "Star Wars". Experts are working to transfer units that extract drinking water from the air from the desert Tatooine to the real Earth, CNN reports.
In the original 1977 film, Luke Skywalker was a farmer. However, what did he "grow" on his farm on the planet Tatooine? Water. The Skywalkers obtained water using machines called "vaporizers" in the film. Inspired by this idea, scientists decided to create something similar in the real world.
Earth "vaporizers" work according to the following principle: the unit sharply cools hot air, for example, in the desert, using exclusively solar energy for power. As a result of cooling, water condensate is generated, which is then collected in a special tank.
According to the data of the first projects, one machine is able to obtain up to 147 liters of drinking water from the air, the temperature of which is 40 degrees Celsius, and the humidity is 100%. This will consume the amount of energy required to operate 18 kitchen kettles. It is noted that the lower the air humidity, the less efficient the system becomes. However, scientists solved this problem with the help of a special coating that literally attracts water droplets.
Technology is rapidly evolving, so perhaps in the near future we will solve the problem of access to drinking water for a huge number of people living in the arid regions of our planet.
