Forget everything you knew about the evaporation of water - this is a revolutionary discovery that will change how we purify water, cool our cities and model the weather.
https://youtu.be/17Y82tJDk2o?si=92yxrRUO30Zbw4F3
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https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-light-can-vaporize-water-without-heat-0423
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@peterquirk this is amazing!
@PhiladociousRex How could you make this work at night? There's a new research into a metamaterial that up-converts infrared light to green light. It currently converts 1550-nm infrared to visible 550-nm light.
https://newatlas.com/technology/night-vision-thin-light-lens/
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@peterquirk this is the kind of stuff that quietly gives me hope that humanity isn't totally doomed.