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MIT Passive Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water, scales down to the size of a suitcase. (news.mit.edu)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/technology@slrpnk.net

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According to MIT, this technology works even at small scale, with one the size of a suitcase able to desalinate 6 litres per hour, and only needing to be serviced every few years.

Here's a video detailing how it works.

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[–] MinorLaceration@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I realize this isn't explicitly a news community, but man, Lemmy has a thing for posting old articles as if they were just published. I mean, this is probably fine in a tech community like this, but I just want to point out how common it's becoming across lemmy.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I posted this because I saw a video on the subject today (linked it in the post body) but wanted to post the original source instead of the video.