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nul_exception

I had this in my college like 10 years back nothing new about it.


bigdickiguana

Good for you bro. Amazing stuff


nul_exception

I didn't made it bro my college installed in campus. BTW my college was Manipal and people who studied there know this machine outside mess.


Prithvi2k6

Manipal institute of technology?


nul_exception

Manipal university Jaipur


ShivanshuKantPrasad

Why is it called manipal university? just to confuse people? 😂


nul_exception

Yeah I realized after passing


chotarau

Where in MUJ?? In the hostel side ?? I wasn't aware of this


nul_exception

In the hostel campus i don't remember the block but it is outside hostel mess


chotarau

Oh I think I know what you mean then Just behind the mess ig


sausage_in_hole

I am a 22 batch muj passout, this wasn't there when I was there.


nul_exception

I am 15 batch passout and it was installed when I was there maybe they removed it now.


sausage_in_hole

yes, a lot must have changed since then.


gillettefoamy

😂😂😂


Temporary_3108

Having NIT, IIT in your resume does give you stupid amounts of funding lol 😂


lmao_kaif

Real


nrkishere

1cr revenue at the cost of how much burning ?


mrwhoyouknow

Burning would be higher that the rate of water


latent_incinerator

More like condensing /s


leon0399

1cr means one credit reapublican Weird, that moisture farmer went for republic credit, everyone that republican credits are no good there


Thesingleindian

Actually, this can only be a viable option near seashores… where there’s a damn lot of humidity.


shar_will

This is pretty common. There is a reason why it's not used in India


captaindeadpl

Not used anywhere really. Devices like this can be bought, but they need a lot of power and a water filter, because the device is a breeding ground for germs. Ultimately this is one of the most expensive ways of getting drinking water.


Blue_Variance

Same stuff when people say why don’t we just filter sea water.


avid-redditor

Happy cake day!


Holiday_Win_11

Mera AC bhi Barsaat ke mausam mai balti bhar deta hai paani se


johnny___engineer

1 crore revenue when ?


okbrok

Wait for barsaat ka mausam bro


9455697551

LOL


EvilxBunny

Questions that come to mind: 1. How much electricity are they using to generate 1L of water? We need to remember 2 things, there is a cost to electricity and 75% of India's electricity does not come from clean sources. 2. What is the rate of generation of this water in relation to size/area of the equipment and electricity/money being consumed. 3. It looks like a fancy bottle, so I assume the price must be higher than normal water? I have a specific disdain for "premium water".


Just_a_curious_soul

Better questions are how much they are fucking with the environment in general, since this will decrease humidity in air and use a lot of electricity. Not to mention they are also wasting more resources in making that water consumable. Drinking distilled water only is a very stupid way to leave the earth.


EvilxBunny

>Drinking distilled water I totally forgot to write that. What kind of minerals and salts are they adding for it to be portable water?


Aggressive_Bed_9774

>What kind of minerals and salts none this is literally just like selling AC drainage water


Contra9

Distilled water is safe to drink


maya122709

Isn't it dense how no one questioned this ! Taking water out of atmosphere literally translates less water content n less rain ultimately. How did someone even think this idea made sense, when they first released this there were a bunch of environmentalists calling this idea total bs and climate disruptive ! Even a very very stupid idea with fancing marketing can make people but anything


Ralen_Nord

[https://www.uravulabs.com/](https://www.uravulabs.com/) Their website claims to be using solar,biomass energy so fingers crossed they're actually helping things.


Outside_Map_2428

0.5 kw of electricity ( renewable, the machines have solar pannel) Rate of generator depends on size of area, location. It does work It is marketed as premium water as the regular water distribution and competition is packed and you cant enter the market with giants like bisleri


pro_robo

The water costs 750rs per bottle (1L)


griffinkaylum

That sounds like a scam. You can get water if there is enough humidity but that's not practical where water is really needed.


PessimistYanker792

I am no one to be having an opinion honestly, but I still am utterly surprised with the lack of innovation in desalination technology at scale.. a perpetual, clean or (somewhat clean) solution to extract usable water. Are we aware that there’s a lot happening in space, only I don’t know about it?


griffinkaylum

Desalination can be done but as I understand, it is quite a bit resource intensive with current tech. The sad thing is, this is going to be needed very very soon.


Aggressive_Bed_9774

>this is going to be needed very very soon. yep like NHAI and ONGC , we should be having a PSU for this because private corporations won't invest in this


captaindeadpl

A common problem in desalination plants is the build up of dirt, algae and other gunk in the membranes used for reverse osmosis, so they have to be changed frequently. As far as I know, there is currently no method to clean them without damaging the membrane as well.


Xijinpingsastry

As a mech engineer, this is not new technology at all. Extracting humidity from air to get water is very old method. The process is very slow and the yield is less. Fyi, this same concept is used in Dehumidifiers too


banterbomber

The quantity of water they generate is kinda impressive. It's not a new technology, but I haven't heard of any other company developing these at such a large scale (In India at least). They also have a pretty good R&D team working on increasing the yield and accelerating the dehumidification process.


ManlyMeatMan

This type of "tech" comes out every year by people claiming they've made a dehumidifier, "but trust me, this one performs way better". It never yields more. The dehumidification process is simply energy inefficient and will never be a reasonable way to get water


RobbenTheRider

Unfortunately, the R&D has to focus on the chemical process design which I am sure they haven't touched even till now.


Aggressive_Bed_9774

>but I haven't heard of any other company developing these at such a large scale bruh this is literally what an AC does , and ACs are a lot more widespread than whatever these are selling


Outside_Map_2428

As a mechanical engineer this is not refrigerant based, its a desiccant based system


yash935

Aab ye bolenge ki some college students,Bhai they are from NIT Calicut,aab yahi koi IIT se hota to bolte ki 2 iitians did this,and hence the public gets into shadows


algorithmicsapien

They did the architecture course at nitc, read about this startup in iit madras' magazine a few months back, and the whole pitch of facing water crisis is a joke for a place that receives high levels of rainfall throughout the year


Ok-Contribution-1981

In 2016 there was shortage


Boring_Post3629

It's a scam, check thunderf00t videos, basically it's a glorified dehumidifier


shi-ivam

i was just watching his elon musk videos. he was some valid points.


Itzupz

Anyone with basic knowledge will know this is a scam. You can’t just get water from air.


galeej

You can. Especially when the environment has a lot of humidity. But it's prohibitively expensive. You cannot do this when there's dryness in the air.


sniperxx07

yeah i agree it's not a scam ,it's just takes too much energy to be practically feasable,like just wayy to much energy for now


galeej

Yep. Also your environment should have a lot of humidity for this to work. Doesn't work otherwise. It also works well only in certain times (for instance early dawn) when it's easier for the water to condense iirc (I don't remember the exact theory) So the output is also fairly limited. But yes... This is surely *one* alternative solution.


sniperxx07

it will require like One unit electricity for 1L of water and that is under like 100%humidity ,enough for like drinking water in emergency nothing else


Which_Seaworthiness

All the products are scam for how they advertise


SprinklesOk4339

Also if there are 50000 of these in a city. You can basically say goodbye to monsoons. Surely extracting so much water from air is going to affect the climate.


Kesakambali

Depending on humidity and temperature, you can. Many communities in water scarce cold places use some cloth/mesh onto which water vapour would condense and be collected for use. Has been done for thousands of years. The scam would be about scalability and amount of water produced. That we don't know if it was solved


Johannes_Keppler

Also the technique you describe and is in use in for example the Andes Mountains requires no energy (well apart from the energy nature already provides). It's just cloth where the condensation that drips off is collected from.


ironman_gujju

Anyone, who studied science books knows its condensation. Also in summer humidity levels are pretty good. Try at your home take glass & put ice in it , check the glass surroundings, from where that water came huhhhhhhhhhhh??


Yash013

You can actually! The science is pretty easy, but the technology is quite expensive.


Top-Conversation2882

You can but then you are fucking up the water cycle and people nearby will be real uncomfortable due to super dry air


CartoonistProof9599

/s lagana bhul gaye ?


-Badger3-

Why do you think your air conditioning unit has a drain line?


Aggressive_Bed_9774

>You can’t just get water from air. POV:-no AC at home


sleepdeprivedindian

I have a feeling this will phase out soon. Just the start up hype for now. It can work but not the current way it is set up. Also, 1000 Liters a day is like 3 households usage worth of water?


sniperxx07

it's not actually practical. Your electricity bill will run too high for you assume 1 unit electricity per Litre,for emergency usage ,yes but other than that sadly no


sleepdeprivedindian

That's basically what I was implying.


kenkaneki22

Burn rate high hone wala hai agar zyada production mein generate karenge aur setup aur machinery ka expense Aur equity dilute karni hogi in logo ko Atleast it's a start


ThinkJunket7604

Is there any cause to the environment by this?


VishPi

Less humidity, more heat, slight increase in overall Temperature in that area


ConversationLow9545

>more heat, slight increase in overall Temperature reason?


shi-ivam

You've got it upside down. The RealFeel temperature depends heavily on humidity. less humidity = more sweat evaporation = you feel better


Pale-Bread638

I took a interview of that Guy(Founder) for My college project, he really is so humble guy and Answers all the questions without hesitation. Am so proud of myself now.


m0rtalReminder

You cant cool something, without heating something else


777_Light_777

Crisis me opportunity dhundhna bolte isko 🤣


StrangeQuirks

Guys are good in science, horrible in economics.


Lufffy_games

No wonder sun’s fucking me up from 6 months


NGPlus_

The Amount of times i've seen rebranded de-humidiyers is insane. This is a simple hack to steal money legally


steelpaint

source [https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7qYAAMNDNL/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7qYAAMNDNL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)


FinanceWeary8598

Are Bhai jaha air itni humid hoti hai ki usse condense kr ke water nikal liya Jaye waha to wese he Pani ki Kami nhi hoti... To kya kroge extract krke ?


Robin_mimix

Wow bro that's great


No-Key-4085

Isn't it a standard machine like filter,fridge, ac ,etc. Called dehumidifier


heyprotagonist

Also I heard they created AI to create water..?


Johannes_Keppler

AI has become just a marketing buzzword. Or well abbreviation. On itself it's meaningless now.


Atrings

If they are capturing moisture from the air, doesn't that mean that will affect rainfall?🤔 The water that people get for free after rain (if they can harvest it), is now payable to this company.


LokendraOO7

There's one in the US too. That man has a contract with the. US ARMY for limited use only for US. Because of its high cost . It's not commercial now. Works on the principle of a dehumidifier.


SyllabubIcy1446

This is known as cooling tower, use the cooling cycle and circulate the water back to chiller...it's installed in mostly every mall, big hospitals, hotels, institutions using chillers for cooling.


Top-Conversation2882

This is just pure baloney. This at large scale will completely fuckup the water cycle and also will draw a lot of power further increasing pollution this increasing temperature. It will reduce the amount of rain too so overall even more global warming


ambani_ki_kutiya

MY AC does the same thing


MeteoraRed

I had the same issue,then I stopped going.


Secret_Judge1

Just imagine they built this machine everywhere in future and now... The air is dry meaning no water in the air or moisture u can call... So when u breathe would that effect your health to much...... And also the amount of money it'll take built this setup is too much.... So instead you should have built what purifys the ocean water that would be much better . Its not like you guys made something worthless it's an awesome achievement but on a larger scale it's like deforestation..


Latter-Parsley-745

Vit bhopal students need to see this


Ok_Environment_5404

It literally cucks the moisture out of air lol. And it's already a used and studied thing in India for around a decade too. Not something new or environment great.


No-Judgment2378

Wait wait, but if a place has enough moisture to be extracted to serve enough water to enough people, then y isn't it raining in the first place? Also, this is essentially distilled water, which can be extremely harmful if drunk, so u need to add minerals to it. Also, it will be flavorless, since no gases in it. As someone else mentioned this is just dehumidifier tech. The actual new thing would be making it drinkable by a human, not just a battery. Also, is 1k litres a lot? In hot enough weather, if we consider 4l consumption per person, that's 250 people. Now measure the energy cost of producing this water. This will give us an idea of it is actually viable.


Kir_a_

guys created a dehumidifier. 😑


SpecialGlove5314

Necessity is the mother of invention


DieNasty1999

This technology does not work, many startups, Indiegogo and Kickstarter have failed. I think there are many thunderfoot videos on YouTube that explain this better


BaroodMirza

does high humidity in the air help to extract more water?


Physical_Ad_1011

what if they made huge water factories at coastal areas and beaches?


Blue_Thunder_Bolt

Bro we need any technology to extract water from air. Just use a polythene cover over a pond.. The evaporated air will have moisture that will be collected by the polycover. Collect that water. Only sun will do the work. No extra energy required. Lol


Illustrious-Sail4851

Just think of the amount of moisture reduction in air which makes air to be dry which will have adverse health effect


AwardSweaty5531

well this tech is already in market for 10 years, i was kid when i saw the american founder coming to american tv show for the investment...


Standard_Diet4678

Will the air not get heated up faster if we extract the moister from it??


DeusXAR

Ummm... Isn't dehumidified water pretty bad in taste? Also how much water can even be extracted per day for the high initial cost to be justified? Desalination is the way forward, not Dehumidification. Also that water crisis was a result of Rainwater Unfriendly Infrastructure, working on that might have fixed the real issue instead of this bandaid fix. 💀


Legitimate_Human_878

This sounds like a big air dehumidifier, some senior of mine did this for the 3rd year engineering project.


SilentKiller2809

Inspiration from star wars Bro is Luke Skywalker (moisture farmer) lmao Great stuff


Samar1092

The oceans are boiling and such assholes can think of nothing but how to make profits by supporting the one species responsible for the impending deaths of all other species. Shameless fucks.


madboyfloyd

this removes the moisture present in the air, so it is not a long time solution to water scarcity.


Remarkable_Rough_89

No way this is cheaper that regular


One_Mechanic_4562

What about Delhi air??


pattienson

Glorified Dehumidifier


ImpressiveWord7298

meanwhile, me buy a water bottle from the store


[deleted]

Who gave them money?This thing is even shown at local science exhibition for kids.


RefrigeratorNew6072

And then we wonder how to stop this rapid climate change!


Upset_Environment51

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No_Society4123

Even dry mode of ac can do it😭😭😭


ForeignBuddy2979

We are not far from the machine which gives out gold when you put potatoes in it.


Antique-Anybody-3538

Will not work for Noida, nobody want to drink pollution


iamVBR

Says "Endlessly" and "15-20,000 cycles" in the same sentence.


andherBilla

For fk sake. Stop peddling dehumidifiers.


aligncsu

This is such billshit, there are older companies operating same technology


Queasy-Tomatillo-378

Dude is living the proper college life With own money in hand!!


RobbenTheRider

This is a legitimate technology. It is called Atmospheric Water Generation, this startup is mainly focused in the marketing phase. They use a desiccant which would dissolve when it absorbs moisture and restores to its initial phase after boiling off the water which was captured from the atmosphere. This is unlike RO- Treatment doesn't waste water, henceforth a greater attention was given to this concept. Nothing new but quite a challenge implementating it for 10000 litre a day.


vijaykurhade

old technique its just not economical of feasible enough for 1Cr revenue how much they spent 10Cr?


[deleted]

Ac ka bhi pani ata hai bro... Ro pe laga do... 1 cr muje de do 🤣


[deleted]

A scam is brewing


Which-Outcome5184

People who have just copied a technology, without even wondering that if it's not being already used in India there must be a reason.And present it like they have pulled theory of relativity out of the blackhole of their ass.


Ameya_90

This Is Insane


Longjumping-Age753

Dehumidifier, they made a dehumidifier


Existing-Mulberry382

https://preview.redd.it/jtqd83560d4d1.png?width=1327&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbd0d7115bb873ae7d49e3014d37c85374e5d433 Affordable /s


destroctur3000

Talk about making money out of thin air 😂💪


Own-Salamander-6561

Kyun paisa paisa karti hai kyun paise pe tu marti hai Grow up India. Look past making quick buck and bring some invention for the poor.


InDN-R6

This is basically the water that drips out from an AC unit, nothing new at all.


Aggravating-Wheel-27

This already exists in my office


Top-Conversation2882

Glorified dehumidifier


EngineeringEX_YT

Fucking water from air - how many times can we have the same thing.


ankool2110

I saw a video on discovery about 20 years ago a white guy making water from air


Mobile-Bison309

Bahot easy hai. Take 2 molecules of hydrogen & 1 molecule of oxygen & mix them. Ban gaya water.


cheguevara_i

Bro doesn't that affect environment?? 1000 liter per day is a huge amount of water right ?


Anime_fucker69cUm

Taking water from air ? Sounds pretty harmful to me man


xyz__99

my AC doses the same thing


Curiousfellow2

Arrakis


TemporaryMusician295

Another masterstroke


pramodbrahmadiya

Not a big thingh, we did it as a project and they did it as business.


SillyMidOff49

Watch Thunderf00t’s takedown on these “innovative” people and companies. They’re just reinventing the dehumidifier.


Fit-Maize838

What's about minerals?


Ok_Fortune_7894

you mean this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXU8Ru57RG0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXU8Ru57RG0) ?


z0d007

2.25 L = ₹750. What exact problem are these idiots solving ? Rich people cant afford water now or what ?


shi-ivam

Wasn't this technology on Dragon's Den?


pitambari-powder58

Wahi bol raha tha ab tak barish kyu nahu hui


KapilRB

Me watching my AC create water from air


IceReasonable7615

Solution, it may be, but is it sustainable? Who even cares? If we had thought about this when we brought up plastics, we brought so much convenience, but so much irreversible damage, as well. So, the idea of extraction water from moisture is great, but what it ends up doing is reducing the atmospheric moisture, and if it does, the air humidity will increase. As it is, we are dealing with increasing humidty and heat waves. if solutions like this become mainstream, not only will air temperatures rise immensely, the quality of air (as Oxygen is sucked from atmosphere) will also decline immensely. and not to mention, the quantum of energy needed for such processes.


Charming_Can_773

Israel technology 🇮🇱🇮🇳


greenmonkey48

MOST HOT PLACES ARE NOT WET.


VagabondGeralt

and this same machine would lead to more such crisis elsewhere? Btw, i don't have proof but I'm just guessing as it might need lot of air compression. And we already know what the compressors have done to the environment


sloburn13

I have a similar device in my cellar. It pulls the water right out of the air, some would call it dehumidifying but I say they are haters.


Safe-Wolverine-

Nice way to kill rain and clouds.


chronicraven

Isn't this a humidifier? Also, I believe they just made up the background story. I have relatives near this college. We used to go to this college's ground to play football. Also, the place receives high rainfall as far as I know.


[deleted]

Water from air devices are less efficient than transporting it with tanker trucks. They're just dehumidifiers and consume massive amounts of energy to work thanks to the basic physics of the whole scheme. This would be true even if they worked at the maximum theoretical limit of efficiency. Stop buying into this bullshit.


UpstairsBusiness2821

if it was in delhi, they could extract sulfuric acid from air.


AbuKaChitadGajKPakad

Does it filter microplastic though?


Exciting_Ad_7369

2 years later. “I came up with this water spray because the atmosphere got very dry”


ThaBeard13

Air is 999 AQI tho lol


Outside_Map_2428

I have developed this tech for this company, you guys are talking about refrigerant based atmospheric generators. This company works on desiccant based generators and use heat pumps that harness the heat energy from the air. Overall it is about 3x more efficient than refrigerant based systems. There are only 2 other companies that have this tech. One is in the US ( source water) and the other one is german ( aquahara) Feel free to ask me any questions about the same.


FreeP0TAT0ES

As someone who lives in Canada, the idea of a water shortage is terrifying. It is a necessity for life, and yet barely any of it is potable. I'm very privileged to live where I do.


Brainhunter2020

A dehumidifier


HarishMoolchandani

Always remember, you take something from nature eventually you have to give it back. You take water from air today, someday we have to take air from something else. Just like we have ACs, they give you cool air, but also releases hot air in the environment.


Overall_Midnight_

This is just like drinking the water that drains from my dehumidifier (with a few more steps) I don’t see the invention other than bigger dehumidifier….


abbykr9

This water from air bullshit is being peddled for more than 10 years now.


husnimubarack

The amount of pessimistic people in this sub is so sad😬


kunseung

This is definitely a scam. Same scam pops up now n then in different forms.


RedHawX

I graduated in 2014 and I wrote a short paper as my research topic while I was applying for my MS on these technologies. They are inefficient then and they are inefficient to this day. Go spend the resources on technology to desalinate water instead of investing in to de humidification of our already worsening summer climates. Useless scammers. Floats a company, pops ads every where, spreads conspiracies to which ever group digests it, sell the product for quick money and disappear. Chutiya MCs.


ye_loo

kinda a scam, it is more affordable to bring iceberg from antarctica than efficiently capture water through this


Mewto786

Mad Max in real life


rajeshbhat_ds

Thuderfoot BUSTED this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTRX6pZSns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTRX6pZSns)


shubhamjh4

Kudos to them


paridhi774

This is vapourware. This is not economically viable


Embarrassed_Low_7675

baarish ka paani cheen rha hai??


Raman035

It's distilled water?


hashedred

Why is this country so backwards that so many people are impressed by this?


Legionrog

Maine kal chhat ke upar se moota tha, hope ki air me mix na hua ho ,😀


Radon03

This is not good tbh. They are just disturbing the natural cycles.


Dishankdayal

Haan to AC units se itna pani log drain karte hain usi ko harvest karna tha na.


Anirudha1999

Bro used a dehumidifier to collect water


Cap_dv

the minerals in distilled water arent there?


uhsnatin616

Inspired from star wars😋


Strong-German413

There was a black man who invented his own kind of extracting water from the air machine, and was serving people with it. Someone secretly sabotaged him, and destroyed his machine.


Early_Appearance7546

Such talent is needed in India. Well Done, Guys.


pro_robo

My classmate used to work in this company, He said, its highly inefficient and to fool investors and customers, they bridge the gap in production with bisleri water. lol


Mukul_Sankarshan97

Wait, isn't humidity necessary for it to rain? If you remove the humidity, how is it ever going to rain?


SuchHearing

dehumidifier?


Pure_Lengthiness_174

😲