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malaise

(269,022 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 08:57 AM Sep 2014

This Impressive Tower Creates Water from the Air!

http://thespiritscience.net/2014/09/02/the-water-tower-that-creates-water-from-the-air/
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The device is called Warka Water – and it has the capacity to generate up to 25 Gallons of water PER DAY simply by sitting in the hot heat of the desert. Now THAT is impressive, especially considering the whole scare of an impending drought that is currently upon us.

The magic of Warka Water however is not just that it generates the water, but HOW it generates the water. This device ultimately harnesses a singularity to pull water from the air through condensation, creating clean and drinkable water for those all around.

I’m not even kidding. It uses a singularity. In order to describe this, let me show you a quick video about what i’m talking about.

In the future, we can imagine making use of much more powerful singularities to do all kinds of things, such as levitation or even teleportation – but in the mean-time, this is a perfect example of what i’m talking about.


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This Impressive Tower Creates Water from the Air! (Original Post) malaise Sep 2014 OP
I've seen an article on this before, and it's pretty darn cool Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #1
Extracts, not creates. n2doc Sep 2014 #2
A singularity is a theoretical physics thing. MineralMan Sep 2014 #3
More from spiritscience... SidDithers Sep 2014 #4
'Woo Science' in evidence. MineralMan Sep 2014 #5
You mentioned you went to college with Naomi Klein. Octafish Sep 2014 #6
... SidDithers Sep 2014 #8
What's your expertise to criticize others in matters of science, SidDithers of DU? Octafish Sep 2014 #9
... SidDithers Sep 2014 #10
So, your degree is not in science? Octafish Sep 2014 #16
Why the fuck would you think I was in any way inclined to answer your questions?... SidDithers Sep 2014 #18
Because of the way you denigrated Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for writing about vaccines. Octafish Sep 2014 #21
Does RFK Jr. have a science degree?...nt SidDithers Sep 2014 #22
He has a law degree. That requires an ability to discern truth from falsehood. Octafish Sep 2014 #25
Anyone who took a basic college physics course edhopper Sep 2014 #12
Did you forget to log out? Octafish Sep 2014 #15
I don't understand that edhopper Sep 2014 #17
Smithsonian covered the water towers... Octafish Sep 2014 #7
If it's the same kind of tower I read about, it's impressive TlalocW Sep 2014 #11
You can find a good used one from the Jawas edhopper Sep 2014 #13
Make sure you get the droid you're looking for, though...nt SidDithers Sep 2014 #19
yes edhopper Sep 2014 #20
Wind traps from Arrakis. Downwinder Sep 2014 #14
Nice one Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #23
"Venturi" would be a term less loaded with woo. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #24
Water from the air. This makes total sense. We have one air condition and a dehumidifier in our home jwirr Sep 2014 #26

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
1. I've seen an article on this before, and it's pretty darn cool
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:18 AM
Sep 2014

but I'm wondering if the emphasis on 'singularities' is a bit buzzwordish here.

Essentially, the warka-water device creates a means for the water-vapor in the air to move through a transition point (a singularity) and change density. The vapor does a 90 degree turn and becomes more dense, solidifying itself into a more physically tangible drop of water.


Unless I'm missing something far more 'sciency', all they're saying is that the structure creates a lot of points at which moisture in the air can condense more easily. Which happens all the time in nature - dew in the morning, condensation on glass, stepping out of an air conditioned car on a muggy day, and your glasses steaming up.

So is there something more complex and quantum going on with this structure, or is it simply designed in such a way that it creates a multitude of small thermal differentials to allow condensation to occur?

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
2. Extracts, not creates.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:24 AM
Sep 2014

Creating would be taking O2 and some source of H2 and combusting them to form water. And I hate the use of the word 'singularity' it is not correct and sets off my grifter alarms.

Sorry to be a science nerd...

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
3. A singularity is a theoretical physics thing.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:29 AM
Sep 2014

No singularities are involved in condensing water out of the atmosphere in this device or any other device. Not in any way.

Further, this is not the only device that has been designed to condense and collect atmospheric water. Here's a starting point for investigating them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_water_generator

More information on functional devices at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_well_(condenser)

The video does not explain anything scientifically. Rather, it misuses scientific concepts in inappropriate and inaccurate ways. "Spirit science" is not science at all, it seems.

YouTube is not necessarily a reliable source for scientific information.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
4. More from spiritscience...
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:36 AM
Sep 2014

SCIENTISTS HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED TECHNOLOGICAL TELEPATHY!

MEET THE MAN WHO BUILT A HOVERBIKE WITH SACRED GEOMETRY

DISCOVER THE SECRET HEALING ENERGY HIDDEN BELOW YOUR FEET

HOW TO ALCHEMISE THE NEW MOON ENERGY TO MANIFEST YOUR GOALS


Sid

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
5. 'Woo Science' in evidence.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:38 AM
Sep 2014

Sad, since real science is much more interesting, and has practical applications.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
9. What's your expertise to criticize others in matters of science, SidDithers of DU?
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:16 AM
Sep 2014

You have used terms like "woo" or "conspiracy theorist" when disagreeing with a poster. With Naomi Klein, you wrote she was a "bit of a drinker" in college. Don't you remember?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022146890#post82

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
18. Why the fuck would you think I was in any way inclined to answer your questions?...
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 12:11 PM
Sep 2014

Are you pretending to be a reporter?

Back to the OP...

Are you so fascinated by the mysteries of condensation, that you think a "singularity" is needed to magically "create" liquid water from water vapour?

We're not talking crop circles here. This is pretty simple stuff.

Sid

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
21. Because of the way you denigrated Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for writing about vaccines.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 01:08 PM
Sep 2014

You called him a number of foul things. So asking what makes you qualified to criticize what others write about science and medicine is a legitimate question.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
25. He has a law degree. That requires an ability to discern truth from falsehood.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 02:40 PM
Sep 2014

That's why I asked you: "Did you graduate? If so, what's your degree in?"

That way I can better discern truth from falsehood regarding what you post.

Don't take it personally.

edhopper

(33,580 posts)
12. Anyone who took a basic college physics course
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:24 AM
Sep 2014

can see the "explanations" in this video is just blathering garbage.

They extend the definition of singularity to become meaningless and the device has nothing to do with black hole singularities.

In other words, woo.

That is not to say the device is an efficient water condenser, which has nothing to do with relativity or quantum mechanics.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
7. Smithsonian covered the water towers...
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:56 AM
Sep 2014
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-tower-pulls-drinking-water-out-of-thin-air-180950399/?no-ist

As for the singularity video: Amazing stuff to think about, malaise. Those interested in thinking beyond the basics may be interested in Bob Toben's Space-Time and Beyond, which talked about black holes (and white holes):

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94093.Space_time_and_beyond_

One thing I find interesting is how many of the new theories introduced to the general public by Toben in his conversations with Fred Alan Wolf and Jack Sarfatti in 1976 are now entering the mainstream of science.

TlalocW

(15,383 posts)
11. If it's the same kind of tower I read about, it's impressive
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:24 AM
Sep 2014

Costing only $500 for material and set-up.

What they don't tell you is how expensive it is to find droids who understand the binary language of moisture vaporators.

TlalocW

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
26. Water from the air. This makes total sense. We have one air condition and a dehumidifier in our home
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 02:49 PM
Sep 2014

and I am continually emptying them every day before they run over. I have often wondered how pure they are when I pour them down the drain.

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