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Beetle-Inspired Bottle Harvests Drinking Water From Thin Air

07/07/2010
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  • Dew Bank
    For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectively harvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful, the plants and insects that inhabit deserts are far more efficient dew collectors. One ingenious bug known as the “fog beetle” collects drinking water by perching in an opportune position that allows dew droplets to collect in ridges on its back....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/beetle-inspired-bottle-harvests-drinking-water-from-thin-air/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Dew Bank
    For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectively harvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful, the plants and insects that inhabit deserts are far more efficient dew collectors. One ingenious bug known as the “fog beetle” collects drinking water by perching in an opportune position that allows dew droplets to collect in ridges on its back....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/beetle-inspired-bottle-harvests-drinking-water-from-thin-air/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Dew Bank
    For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectively harvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful, the plants and insects that inhabit deserts are far more efficient dew collectors. One ingenious bug known as the “fog beetle” collects drinking water by perching in an opportune position that allows dew droplets to collect in ridges on its back....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/beetle-inspired-bottle-harvests-drinking-water-from-thin-air/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Dew Bank
    For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectively harvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful, the plants and insects that inhabit deserts are far more efficient dew collectors. One ingenious bug known as the “fog beetle” collects drinking water by perching in an opportune position that allows dew droplets to collect in ridges on its back....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/beetle-inspired-bottle-harvests-drinking-water-from-thin-air/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Dew Bank
    For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectively harvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful, the plants and insects that inhabit deserts are far more efficient dew collectors. One ingenious bug known as the “fog beetle” collects drinking water by perching in an opportune position that allows dew droplets to collect in ridges on its back....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/beetle-inspired-bottle-harvests-drinking-water-from-thin-air/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Dew Bank

For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectively harvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful, the plants and insects that inhabit deserts are far more efficient dew collectors. One ingenious bug known as the “fog beetle” collects drinking water by perching in an opportune position that allows dew droplets to collect in ridges on its back....

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