In the Media

Interesting Engineering reporter Atharva Gosavi features MIT researchers and their work developing a passive atmospheric water generator as a game-changing innovation “reshaping climate action.” The researchers developed a “passive device that harvests clean drinking water from desert air without electricity,” explains Gosavi. “The window-sized panel uses a hydrogel-desiccant combo absorbing vapor at night and releasing it via sunlight-driven condensation – no batteries, fans, or power needed.” Gosavi adds that the device is a “perfect climate-resilient solution for droughts.”