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Waterseer -BUSTED!

Thunderf00t0 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
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Thunderf00t debunks the Waterseer, a crowdfunded device that claims to condense drinking water from the air using cool ground. He argues the physics does not support its claims.

HN cites it as a warning and a debunking whenever water-from-air or similar crowdfunded gadgets appear.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@Houshalter2017 · in “Generate energy with kites”

Bad ideas often get funding and support from prestigious seeming institutions. Look at the stupid waterseer thing: [VIDEO]

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@pure-awesome2018 · in “Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water”

Watch out for Waterseer. Not sure I trust that company after their ludicrous misjudgement in their first invention: [Thunderfoot Video]( [VIDEO] ) [Lindybeige Video]( [LINK] ) Side-note: I live in the Cape Town area. We got on international news! Yay us...? Honestly, I'm pretty worried.

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@jason05972019 · in “Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?”

>Instead of water line pipes, pull water out of the air. I thought this story was put to bed a long time ago? [0] [0] [VIDEO]

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@imglorp2021 · in “Spanish engineers extract drinking water from thin air”

Nope, there's no magic or free lunch. It depends heavily on local conditions which might not always be suitable. Thunderf00t has debunked a bunch of other enterprises doing water from the air: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO] etc

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