Student visions for robots, space nutrition, and more
Posted 04.13.2010 at 10:06 am
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Grand Prize Winner, Renewable Energy: ACWa
By 2050, 75% of the world's population will face restricted access to fresh water. That gave Javier Fernandez-Han -- a homeschooler who hails from humid Conroe, TX -- an idea: What if he could help reduce that shortage by extracting water from the surrounding air? The eventual result of that brainstorm was the $40 ACWa system, which sucks in ambient air and channels it into an underground chamber. In this cooler environment, water condenses out of the air, beads up on the walls of the chamber, and collects in a cistern, where it can be harvested for drinking or other uses.
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This is 3D!?
I have gotta have this!
These people are in high school?! I'm humbled and optimistic about the next generation of researchers!
@denisengo
SAME! It's so awesome. eye <3 the future.
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Kudos on the idea, Javier Fernandez-Han, but they've been used for a while. They're called "air wells".
Don't give up though, it's a good idea. Maybe you can make it better. ;)
I was in this competition; the space nutrition category. We were finalists. The competition just ended last week over the weekend. The winners were announced on Saturday at the NASA Ames Research Center. I think we got second place. They only announced first place, but we are certain we were very close to winning. There were tons of interesting speakers there. For example, Richard Garriott, an astronaut who is the pioneer in the commercial space industry.
Hey everyone,
If you are interested in any of our ideas and want to help out our team make these exciting concept into a reality feel free to email me. My email address is dmoghavem@milkenschool.org.
Thank you for your responses,
David Moghavem