It is a dehumidifier that filters the the water after it is condensed out of the air. Your home air conditioner performs the same function of dehumidifying the air. If you captured that water and purified it, you would have the same thing. No great mystery here.

Does it work without electricity?

I like the hardier type of water collection.

Dig a hole, put a bowl in the bottom middle, cover the hole with a tarp, put a rock on the tarp above the bowl, the water from the soil will condense on the tarp, run down to the low point from the rock, and drip into the bowl.

Also, collect a lot of green leafy stuff, put it in a plastic bag, hang it from a tree, cut a small hole at the bottom and let the sun pull the moisture from the leaves, condense it on the plastic, and it will run down to the slit and into your canteen or bowl.

I'm also working on building a collapsible unit that will make seawater drinkable. It is just a solar distiller, and I've already made it work a few times, but I need to make it lighter, thinner, and collapsible so it can be a cheap emergency aid on all small boats. I hope to patent it someday!

pretty cool device, although not practical for survival it could be a step towards something more useful in a survival situation. nice find

I like any other hobbyist on here would say, "Gee I would love to see plans and schematics for that device!" Of course the easy way is to buy one and reverse engineer it! LOL. I dont think it will help me in the Vegas desert much though.. Bet it would have good performance near lakes and streams.. Any thoughts on that?

~MASTERODUNIVERSE

Yeah all of this high tech stuff just won't do.
Tarp from the local auction $10. bucks.
550 cord in stock = free
The know how to put the tarp up and collect unlimited water and power free = priceless.

You could always build yourself an airdrop. It's pretty much self-sufficient. Although uses a small solar panel to run a fan which pushes air down into the device.

I recommend getreadlyalreadys method first and foremost and other means and knowledge. Technology can break down electricity is not so much an issue as solar panels and batteries are on the cheap and there are instruction videos and forums on the how to make them and well as wind turbines that have been used for hundreds of years.

So the power issue is rather moot not going to sit here and recommend any people should decide what they spend their cash on since they work for it.

Not everyone takes a layered approach to survivalism and prepping they should tho and there are some that think they just go out and buy a bunch of stuff and they will be covered not so.

The first thing everyone should have is knowledge stuff is secondary and the combination of knowledge and ingenuity and you have a fighting chance.

Water is the most important thing all of us need so we all should have multiple ways of getting it may seem like i did i 180 since i first created this thread but i am going to reitterate a point some people just seem to forget.

Informational purposes the tech is out there now for those who may think it would be one of those things to have and not need it than to need it and not have it.

For on the go getreadyalready method works but requires time then there is rain water collection systems and then there are solar stills can all be easily made.

kinda neat but come on guys if we are immanging the spit hitting teh fan sortive thing then again this idea will just be destroyed by the next lotter .
Now heres something that works ANYware in ANY climit and GIVES drinking water no boling needed (well if the world is nuked i gess it wont matter much)
anyway get a 5 gallon plastic bucket (heck get 4 ) they are light and last for YEARS and can be found in any old dump . Now get plastic No matter what kind white plastice they use to cover building stuff is great but tarps will be easer to find and even garbage bags can be torn and psted toghter to make a large enough pice . say 10 by 10 feet or even 6 by 6 will be ok .
Now dig a hole say 3 feet deep in teh center tappering to 6 inches on teh out side 5 feet accross ( if using 6 foot pices of plastic then put bucket in middle place plastic over hole put small rock in cente and rocks on out side nto hold down so now the plastic is pushed down some in teh middle (dont matter if its only a inch .
and leave it for a day . take off plastic take out bucket of CLEAN water .
do 4 buckets and you can have 15 to 20 gallons a day .
ps total COST 00000000000000000000 And in a spit hit the fan no walmart needed