While in eighth grade, I did a video on lotus leaves and superhydrophobic surfaces. D.R.I.P.S. would benefit from having such a surface on the cone part of the dew collecting structure. Check out this video from California Institute of Technology (one of the schools I’m thinking of attending in a few years). The video...
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In the Namib Desert there is a beetle that utilizes a similar method to the D.R.I.P.S. in order to stay hydrated. The beetle lives in an area that receives only a half inch of rain per year, but it can collect the moisture out of the wind that blows across the land. The insect...
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We’ve got an invitation to The Energy Lab — EDF’s new pavilion in France, featuring the winning designs from the EDF Sustainable Design Challenge....
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Our project and its video was just posted on The Water Channel! Here’s a description of what they do: TheWaterChannel was launched at the...
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So now we have three prototypes: two from India and one locally-produced. They are very different. But the latest version is what we are...
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We just got our first glimpse of DRIPS from India — these were produced in India and are being shipped to us now. Can’t...
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This year (2011), we are still focusing on food. We want to know the true cost of food — its price; the distance it...
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