For now, HydroFlexor and HydroBuckler are only lab-scale prototypes. But their insect -like movements hint at a future where fleets of miniature robots could glide across water, performing tasks once ...

That’s the sound of Jeremy Cho’s atmospheric water harvesting device extracting humidity from the air to make usable water in Da Kine Lab at UNLV. The device, in its smaller state, looks like a box.

Researchers at MIT have created a solar-powered device that can make seawater drinkable. The team says the device can remove the salt from seawater for less than the cost of US tap water. This process ...