YouTuber builds functional real-life 'stillsuit' from Dune that recycles body fluids into drinking water
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Summary
A YouTuber has built a real-life version of the 'stillsuit' from Frank Herbert's Dune novels, which captures and recycles body fluids into drinkable water. The article explains how the fictional stillsuit works in the Dune universe and describes the real-world engineering attempt to create a functional version of this desert survival technology.
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The skin-contact layer's porous. Perspiration passes through it, having cooled the body... near-normal
In Frank Herbert's Dune novels, water is so scarce on planet Arrakis that it's absolutely sacred to the desert-dwelling Fremen, who wear special 'stillsuits' that capture and recycle nearly all their body fluids. Now, YouTubers have built one for real.
