{"id":9907,"date":"2021-08-05T10:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T14:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=9907"},"modified":"2021-08-06T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:45:16","slug":"aquaer-engineers-extract-drinking-water-from-thin-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/aquaer-engineers-extract-drinking-water-from-thin-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaer Engineers Extract Drinking Water From Thin Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aquaer, a Spanish company, has recently set up a system to extract drinking water from thin air, which is essential for people in dry regions and refugee camps where there is insufficient access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The machine uses electricity to cool the air until it condenses into water, achieving the same effect as condensation water in air conditioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This system differs from other water generators that use similar technology and require ambient humidity and low temperature for effective operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invented by 82-year-old engineer Enrique Veiga, this machine operates at temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius and processes humidity between 10 and 15%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The devices manufactured by Veiga&#8217;s company already provide clean, safe water to communities in Namibia and a Lebanese refugee camp.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/spanish-engineers-extract-drinking-water-thin-air-2021-08-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original story<\/a> in Reuters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aquaer has set up a system to extract drinking water from thin air, which is essential for people in dry regions and refugee camps where there is insufficient access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-tech"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9950,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907\/revisions\/9950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}