• At weapons conference in Washington,  Genesis Systems Chief Technology Officer Erick Went was explaining to visiting military brass how the firm’s “Water Cube” can make thousands of gallons of water a day from thin air.
• Went quoted a retired Air Force general who said he paid $7 million a year to buy bottled water for his base. The Water Cube can supply the same amount of water for $1 million, said Went. “The secret is that all around us, there are 37 quadrillion gallons of water in the air at any given time,” and his equipment can pull it out.

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