How Star Wars Is Inspiring New Desert Moisture Farming

  • It may finally be true that aspects of our favorite science fiction movies may be colliding with our real world technological advancements. Those crazy technologies used in movies could soon be a part of our everyday life. Take Star Wars, for example. When we first saw the movies, we probably thought that the technology and and machinery was interesting, which was a large part of why the movie was captivating. It turns out that the advancements we saw in those movies may not be so unattainable after all.

    Not only can these new technologies help make our lives more efficient, but they can also help less-fortunate populations and the planet in general. For instance, scientists have recently made strides in harvesting moisture from air, which, if you remember, was the occupation of Luke Skywalker and his family.

    Continue on to read about how Star Wars has encouraged research for desert moisture farming!

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    4 Comments

    1. Huey Flakus said:

      Couldn’t one get some solar panels run an air conditioner and catch the condensation from it. And have a comfortable cool home too….

      A long time ago I ran a line from to window unit to the dogs water bowl it never ran dry in the summer

    2. Tim Bridge said:

      Desert air is too arid to collect moisture from. Inconvenient as the facts are, it’s time to acknowledge them. Want desert water? Use the real methods, not fantasy.

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