ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,862, issued on Dec. 30.
"Hanson deep bore water production system for mountainous coastal environments" was invented by Matthew Vernon Hanson (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mountainous coastal regions with consistent high humidity and consistent temperatures provide an opportunity to farm the atmosphere for water. The present invention, utilizing simple tools such as a compressor, a length of copper tubing, and a Tesla turbine takes advantage of geothermal cooling and gravity to power the major parts of the invention. In the invention compressed humid air is sent along a tube buried four feet underground where the a...