Based in Suffield, Connecticut, Dan Sapienza is a UConn economics graduate working as a solo equities day trader. Passionate about renewable energy, UConn alumnus Dan Sapienza supports the XPrize Foundation.
The XPrize Foundation is focused on utilizing clean energy to solve problems such as water scarcity. In late 2016, XPrize announced a challenge to draw 2,000 liters of water from the atmosphere, using only clean energy, at a cost of two cents per liter. The atmosphere has enough water to meet the needs of the global population. However, producing it at two cents a liter requires technological engineering well ahead of what many water companies have.
One of the teams taking part in the competition is from IIT Madras, a research institution in Chennai, India. To develop the next-level technology, the team, led by Professor T. Pradeep. sought inspiration from nature. Grass has cold pointed tips where water droplets condense while insects utilize small bumps on their surface to condense atmospheric water. Armed with this knowledge, one of the team members developed a glass torch with a metallic grassland where water droplets can condense. The team is now using the same technology to develop a larger cooling device that can dispense the condensed water.
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