According to Wired.com, Aqua Sciences Inc., a Florida company that I cannot find anywhere on the web (they’re not Aqua Science singular) has demonstrated a machine that inexpensively mines clean potable water out of air and works even in low humidity situations. The projected cost per gallon is around $.30. Like many such breakthroughs this is a military application driven by the cost of delivering water to a place like Iraq, where it costs the military an estimated $30.00 gallon to fly water in (I know- $30 a gallon sounds crazy but it includes the costs of running C17 transports).

The twenty foot long device can generate 600 gallons per day.

Given the dire water situation in many parts of the world, it would be great to see this technology targeting saving lives in non-war circumstances. The Wired article does not mention the cost of the devices.

Update: Thanks to Stuart for pointing out that the company’s site is here.