In some parts of the world , such as in the Chilean desert , water is a very scarce commodity . Working closely with one of the universities in the country , researchers from MIT are working to get water in the desert in a unique way .
Harvesting the clouds , sounds like an impossible thing , but it does not seem to apply to the researchers of one of the best technology -based universities in the world .
According to Engadget ( 16/5 ) , using new technologies shaped nets that are placed in the open , researchers have successfully asserted ' extract ' water from fog that used to pass through the Atacama desert . Desert located in Chile this is one of the driest places in the world .
MIT researchers claim to find inspiration for this project after studying plants and animals such as grass and beetles are able to capture the water contained in the fog . They also have built nets in large measure to the fog harvesting process .
With the technological fog - collecting or gathering fog , they could get 500 percent more water compared to the previously used instruments .
Although this study was conducted on a small scale , but they 've been able to produce a half -gallon of water using a net area of approximately 1 square meter . Water was already collected could be used for drinking water to aloe vera farming activities for ' consumption ' .
According to MIT researchers , the technology is relatively inexpensive and easy to implement because only the economical use of plastic materials that are widely available on the market .
For the future , mist nets technology will be developed to be able to harvest three gallons of water per square meter .
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