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#VATech #scientists are building a better #fogharp
Combining vertical "strings" with periodic horizontal wires boosts efficiency.
#Fog harvesting is an ancient practice dating as far back as Incas, who placed buckets under trees to collect #condensation. Efficiency of #water harvesters depends on decreasing size of filaments & mesh holes. "If the holes were too big, the microscopic droplets would pass through it, and it wouldn't harvest much water," co-author James Kaindu
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/these-va-tech-scientists-are-building-a-better-fog-harp/