It’s an engineered metal foam with incredibly high surface area that water molecules stick to without requiring external power.
Problems I can think of are particulates in the air clogging the foam, and the foam itself is likely very expensive.
I think it could have some very specific niche use cases? It’s basically a dehumidifier that doesn’t require external power, there’s gotta be some way to make that useful, but I don’t know how useful it would be for actually collecting water.
Yaghi has been shilling this company since at least 2019. They would have had some commercial success by now if it was feasible for the “rural desert” use case he presents.
Don’t get me wrong, mofs are cool and all, but in the mid-late 2010s, they seemed to become over hyped for so many commercial applications that I was Always skeptical of, not sure how many have materialized
It’s an engineered metal foam with incredibly high surface area that water molecules stick to without requiring external power.
Problems I can think of are particulates in the air clogging the foam, and the foam itself is likely very expensive.
I think it could have some very specific niche use cases? It’s basically a dehumidifier that doesn’t require external power, there’s gotta be some way to make that useful, but I don’t know how useful it would be for actually collecting water.
Yaghi has been shilling this company since at least 2019. They would have had some commercial success by now if it was feasible for the “rural desert” use case he presents.
Don’t get me wrong, mofs are cool and all, but in the mid-late 2010s, they seemed to become over hyped for so many commercial applications that I was Always skeptical of, not sure how many have materialized
The thing is that you can probably do much more with a solar panel and some other option.