These devices harvest drinking water from the air in the planet’s driest places. Critics say they’re an expensive distraction

Their water harvesting device is a window-sized panel made with absorbent material called “hydrogel,” which has been infused with salt, folded up like origami and enclosed in glass. The material, which looks like black bubble wrap, absorbs water vapor directly from the air, swelling up as it does s...

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